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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. Where did Ayaan and her sister flee when Somalia fell further into civil war and fighting spread to Mogadishu in Chapter 7, "Disillusion and Deceit"?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Kenya.
(c) Canada.
(d) Ethiopia.

2. At the end of Chapter Two, "Under the Talal Tree," Ayaan's father escapes from prison and makes it where?
(a) Finland.
(b) Ethiopia.
(c) Holland.
(d) Kenya.

3. What in the Islamic faith is a juristic ruling concerning Islamic law issued by an Islamic scholar?
(a) Tolka.
(b) Fatwa.
(c) Baarri.
(d) Miye.

4. What is the central religious text of Islam?
(a) The Sura.
(b) The Quran.
(c) The New Testament.
(d) The Old Testament.

5. Who assassinated Theo van Gogh?
(a) Jack Ruby.
(b) Osama bin Laden.
(c) Lee Harvey Oswald.
(d) Mohammed Bouyeri.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, "Refugees," Ayaan accompanies her cousin to the border to bring back his family and returns from a 3 week journey with over how many people?

2. Ayaan Hirsi Ali sought and obtained political asylum in the Netherlands in what year?

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

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

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?

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