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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What country was Ayaan's family unable to enter after being deported from Saudi Arabia in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?
(a) Iran.
(b) Sudan.
(c) Ethiopia.
(d) Kenya.

2. In Chapter 12, "Haweya," Ayaan received housing and moved into her new place with what other Somali woman seeking refugee status in Holland?
(a) Arro.
(b) Johanna.
(c) Ijaabo.
(d) Yasmin.

3. 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.

4. Where did Ayaan study at college in Holland?
(a) Leiden University.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Humboldt State University.
(d) Valley Secretarial College.

5. Osman Moussa agreed to hold what meeting with the elders of the clan in Chapter 11, "A Trial by the Elders"?
(a) A Miye.
(b) A Hajj.
(c) A Hijab.
(d) A tolka.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When did Ayaan's short film made with Theo van Gogh air on Dutch television?

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. Hirsi Magan Isse was a part of Somalia's political elite and a leader in what earliest and most influential factions in the Somali Civil War?

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