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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. In what year does Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace" begin?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1978.

2. In Chapter Two, "Under the Talal Tree," Ayaan's family moved out of the city to what countryside village for a short time?
(a) Mogadishu.
(b) Jeddah.
(c) Matabaan.
(d) Nairobi.

3. Who ripped up the marriage certificate to Ayaan's secret marriage to her cousin in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?
(a) Haweya Magen.
(b) Hirsi Magen Isse.
(c) Osman Moussa.
(d) Mahad Magen.

4. Where did the film produced by Theo van Gogh and Ayaan Hirsi Ali air?
(a) Dutch television.
(b) Japanese television.
(c) British television.
(d) American television.

5. Ayaan finishes school and becomes increasingly stricter in her religious activities as what movement becomes active in Kenya in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"?
(a) NATO.
(b) The Blue Shield.
(c) The Muslim Brotherhood.
(d) The Red Cross.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many abortions did Haweya have in Chapter 12, "Haweya"?

2. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?

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

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

5. Where was it decided that Ayaan would go to await a visa to accompany her new husband in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?

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