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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term is used in the text to refer to a dutiful wife to her husband?
(a) Fatwa.
(b) Miye.
(c) Hijab.
(d) Baarri.

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

3. Before leaving the country in Chapter 9, "Abeh," Ayaan's mother overheard her and Haweya discussing plans for Ayaan to do what?
(a) Move to Haiti.
(b) Have a child.
(c) Divorce her husband.
(d) Move to America.

4. What clan leader does Ayaan go to in order to gain permission to return to Somalia in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"?
(a) Theo van Gogh.
(b) Mohammed Bouyeri.
(c) Osman Moussa.
(d) Farah Goure.

5. When does Ayaan describe having looked in the mirror and saying out loud that she did not believe in God in Chapter 14, "Leaving God"?
(a) May, 2002.
(b) March, 2005.
(c) January, 1998.
(d) August, 2004.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Theo van Gogh born?

2. Where did Ayaan's new husband return to file for a visa for Ayaan in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?

3. What does the SSDF stand for?

4. Into what Somali clan was Ayaan Hirsi Ali born?

5. What is the name of Ayaan's grandmother whom she describes in Chapter One?

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