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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Ayaan's brother in the narrative?
(a) Hirsi Magen Isse.
(b) Farah Goure.
(c) Ahmed Magen.
(d) Mahad Magen.

2. Who, in addition to Ayaan's mother, beat her severely in Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki"?
(a) A group of girls at school.
(b) A bus driver.
(c) A street vendor.
(d) Her religion teacher.

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

4. Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace" starts with the family moving where?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Sudan.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Ethiopia.

5. What, in addition to her name, did Ayaan lie about on her paperwork for refugee status in Chapter 10, "Running Away"?
(a) Her birthdate.
(b) Her height.
(c) Her weight.
(d) Her religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where did Ayaan's mother decide to send her to study in Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki"?

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

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

5. What political party did Ayaan Hirsi Ali represent in the Dutch House of Representatives?

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