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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Ayaan finishes school and becomes increasingly stricter in her religious activities as what movement becomes active in Kenya in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"?
(a) NATO.
(b) The Red Cross.
(c) The Blue Shield.
(d) The Muslim Brotherhood.

3. What country was Ayaan's family unable to enter after being deported from Saudi Arabia in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?
(a) Iran.
(b) Ethiopia.
(c) Sudan.
(d) Kenya.

4. What is the capital of Kenya?
(a) Mogadishu.
(b) Riyadh.
(c) Cairo.
(d) Nairobi.

5. Who in Ayaan's family rebels against all of the Islamic rules in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"?
(a) Hirsi Magen Isse.
(b) Asha Artan.
(c) Haweya Magen.
(d) Mahad Magen.

Short Answer 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?

2. When did Ayaan's parents marry?

3. What does Ayaan write back regarding her cousin to a young woman in Chapter 8, "Refugees"?

4. What is the central religious text of Islam?

5. In Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki," Ayaan attended school where she struggled with what new language as well as English?

(see the answer key)

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