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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. Hirsi Ali's father had studied abroad and was opposed to what traditional practice in Somalia?
(a) Dog fighting.
(b) Tattoos.
(c) Male circumcision.
(d) Female genital cutting.

2. Haweya returns and she and Ayaan attend what together in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) Culinary school.
(c) Welding school.
(d) Secretarial school.

3. In Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance" Ayaan begins wearing what?
(a) Shorts.
(b) A wig.
(c) Pants.
(d) A veil.

4. What refers to the countryside in Somalia, and is sometimes used as a descriptive word in the book to explain people who are backwards or not modern nor progressive?
(a) Tolka.
(b) Miye.
(c) Hajj.
(d) Fatwa.

5. When did Ayaan's parents marry?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1954.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the SSDF stand for?

2. In Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance," Mahad goes back where and the three women move into a house with a distant relative?

3. With the help of other clan members, Ayaan's family moved to a small apartment where in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?

4. Where did Ayaan study at college in Holland?

5. In Chapter 12, "Haweya," Ayaan received housing and moved into her new place with what other Somali woman seeking refugee status in Holland?

(see the answer key)

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