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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It was January of what year when Haweya came to stay with Ayaan in Chapter 12, "Haweya"?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1993.

2. Who, in addition to Ayaan's mother, beat her severely in Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki"?
(a) A group of girls at school.
(b) A street vendor.
(c) A bus driver.
(d) Her religion teacher.

3. What word refers to both the head covering traditionally worn by Muslim women and modest Muslim styles of dress in general?
(a) Fatwa.
(b) Baarri.
(c) Hijab.
(d) Hajj.

4. How old was Ayaan in 1990?
(a) 23.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 20.

5. Ayaan's Dutch citizenship was left intact as she traveled promoting her first book where in the Epilogue?
(a) Russia.
(b) The U.S.
(c) Holland.
(d) Finland.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ayaan graduate with her master's degree in Chapter 14, "Leaving God"?

2. When was Mahmoud Ahmadinejad born?

3. In Chapter 15, "Threats," Ayaan writes that when a major politician was shot and killed, she immediately thought it was a Muslim, but she was wrong, as it was actually who?

4. What British Indian novelist and essayist wrote the book "The Satanic Verses"?

5. Ayaan was sent to a small town in what U.S. state when she went into hiding following the assassination of Theo van Gogh?

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