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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki" details Ayaan's years growing up where?
(a) Sudan.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) Kenya.
(d) Ethiopia.

2. In what year was Ayaan's family deported from Saudi Arabia immediately in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1984.

3. Where did Ayaan's father return in the beginning of Chapter 9, "Abeh"?
(a) Nairobi.
(b) Matabaan.
(c) Jeddah.
(d) Mogadishu.

4. Theo Van Gogh was a member of what Dutch republican society which advocates the abolition of the Dutch monarchy?
(a) The Communist Party.
(b) Republikeins Genootschap.
(c) The Parliamentary Party.
(d) The Democratic Party.

5. Siad Barre was the military dictator and President of the Somali Democratic Republic from 1969 until what year?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1997.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Ayaan's half-sister through her father who was very religious and wore the veil?

2. What was the name of Ayaan's half-sister through her father who was modern and wanted to live like the West?

3. It was January of what year when Ayaan's father told her she was to marry a distant relative in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?

4. What is the capital of Kenya?

5. What refers to an ancient juridical notion under which a person persecuted for political opinions or religious beliefs in his or her own country may be protected by another sovereign authority, a foreign country, or church sanctuaries?

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