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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Two, "Under the Talal Tree," the story focuses on Ayaan's early childhood memories growing up where with her mother, grandmother, brother, and sister?
(a) Jeddah.
(b) Riyadh.
(c) Nairobi.
(d) Mogadishu.

2. What caused Ayaan's mother to become even more hostile toward others in Chapter Four, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives"?
(a) She had an affair.
(b) She had an abortion.
(c) She lost a child in stillbirth.
(d) She got divorced.

3. Where did Hirsi Magan Isse earn a degree in anthropology?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Valley Secretarial College.
(d) Leiden University.

4. When did Theo van Gogh die?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1993.
(c) 2004.
(d) 1975.

5. Who arranged for the circumcisions of Ayaan and her siblings in Chapter Two, "Under the Talal Tree"?
(a) Ayeeyo.
(b) Hirsi Magen Isse.
(c) Asha Artan.
(d) Mahmud.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Theo van Gogh born?

2. What country was Ayaan's family unable to enter after being deported from Saudi Arabia in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?

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

4. In what year was Ayaan Hirsi Ali elected a member of the House of Representatives?

5. What term is used in the text to refer to a dutiful wife to her husband?

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