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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. How many years did Ayaan live in Kenya growing up?
(a) 8.
(b) 14.
(c) 10.
(d) 6.

2. A woman from where sends Ayaan a letter regarding her cousin in Chapter 8, "Refugees"?
(a) Holland.
(b) Canada.
(c) Finland.
(d) England.

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

4. When was Siad Barre born?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1928.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Food permissible for Muslims is known as what?

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

3. Theo Van Gogh was a member of what Dutch republican society which advocates the abolition of the Dutch monarchy?

4. Which of Ayaan's siblings did particularly well in school in Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki"?

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

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