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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities?
(a) Atheism.
(b) Alienation.
(c) Anarchy.
(d) Abatement.

2. What, in addition to her name, did Ayaan lie about on her paperwork for refugee status in Chapter 10, "Running Away"?
(a) Her height.
(b) Her religion.
(c) Her birthdate.
(d) Her weight.

3. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Symbolism.

4. Whose quotes did Ayaan claim to find in the Quran after the September 11 attacks in the U.S.?
(a) Salman Rushdie's.
(b) Osama Bin Laden's.
(c) George W. Bush's.
(d) Vincent van Gogh's.

5. Where did Ayaan study at college in Holland?
(a) Humboldt State University.
(b) Valley Secretarial College.
(c) Columbia University.
(d) Leiden University.

Short Answer Questions

1. Siad Barre was the military dictator and President of the Somali Democratic Republic from 1969 until what year?

2. Haweya returns and she and Ayaan attend what together in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"?

3. What is the central religious text of Islam?

4. What is the name of Ayaan's brother in the narrative?

5. When she was eight, Hirsi Ali's family left Somalia for what country?

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