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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. How many abortions did Haweya have in Chapter 12, "Haweya"?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 0.

2. Ayaan secretly marries her cousin as he is about to depart for where in Chapter 7, "Disillusion and Deceit"?
(a) Finland.
(b) Canada.
(c) Germany.
(d) Russia.

3. Where did Ayaan attend a secretarial course in Nairobi?
(a) The University of Chicago.
(b) Valley Secretarial College.
(c) Columbia University.
(d) Leiden University.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word refers to both the head covering traditionally worn by Muslim women and modest Muslim styles of dress in general?

2. After her first husband died, Ayaan's mother requested and received a divorce then moved where?

3. To what country did Ayaan's family move after leaving Ethiopia in Chapter Four, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives"?

4. What did Ayaan's mother force her to tell her father the truth about in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?

5. Who, in addition to Ayaan's mother, beat her severely in Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki"?

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