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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 refers to a Somali gathering of elders to discuss and decide on an important matter?
(a) Baarri.
(b) Hijab.
(c) Tolka.
(d) Hajj.

2. What term is used in the text to refer to a dutiful wife to her husband?
(a) Baarri.
(b) Hijab.
(c) Fatwa.
(d) Miye.

3. Which of Ayaan's siblings did particularly well in school in Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki"?
(a) Osman Moussa.
(b) Mahad Magen.
(c) Ibado Dhadey Megan.
(d) Haweya Magen.

4. When was Ayaan Hirsi Ali named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world?
(a) 2005.
(b) 1997.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2008.

5. Chapter 7, "Disillusion and Deceit" describes what length of time in which Ayaan lived in Somalia?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 7 months.
(d) 3 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ayaan's short film made with Theo van Gogh air on Dutch television?

2. What refers to the countryside in Somalia, and is sometimes used as a descriptive word in the book to explain people who are backwards or not modern nor progressive?

3. Who was Hirsi Megan's first wife?

4. Hirsi Ali's father had studied abroad and was opposed to what traditional practice in Somalia?

5. Where did Ayaan's father return in the beginning of Chapter 9, "Abeh"?

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