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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Ayaan and her sister leave their mother when they returned to Somalia in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Ethiopia.
(c) Sudan.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

2. What is the central religious text of Islam?
(a) The Old Testament.
(b) The Sura.
(c) The New Testament.
(d) The Quran.

3. Where did Ayaan's mother decide to send her to study in Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki"?
(a) A Muslim girls' school.
(b) Somalia.
(c) Germany.
(d) A Christian school.

4. Hirsi Ali's father had studied abroad and was opposed to what traditional practice in Somalia?
(a) Tattoos.
(b) Female genital cutting.
(c) Male circumcision.
(d) Dog fighting.

5. In Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki," Ayaan attended school where she struggled with what new language as well as English?
(a) Swahili.
(b) Berber.
(c) Oromo.
(d) Arabic.

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

7. What was the name of Ayaan's half-sister through her father who was very religious and wore the veil?
(a) Ijaabo.
(b) Ijaabo.
(c) Jawahir.
(d) Arro.

8. In Chapter Four, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives," Ayaan attends school with whom?
(a) Scientologists.
(b) Christians.
(c) Jews.
(d) Mormons.

9. What was the name of Ayaan's half-sister through her father who was modern and wanted to live like the West?
(a) Arro.
(b) Ijaabo.
(c) Ijaabo.
(d) Jawahir.

10. With the help of other clan members, Ayaan's family moved to a small apartment where in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?
(a) Riyadh.
(b) Jeddah.
(c) Mecca.
(d) Matabaan.

11. Ayaan experiences her first kiss in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance," but knows it is doomed, as he is from where?
(a) Finland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Kenya.
(d) Sudan.

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

13. In Chapter 8, "Refugees," Ayaan accompanies her cousin to the border to bring back his family and returns from a 3 week journey with over how many people?
(a) 20.
(b) 9.
(c) 14.
(d) 35.

14. What is the capital of Kenya?
(a) Riyadh.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Nairobi.
(d) Mogadishu.

15. Who was not pleased with the return of Ayaan's father and refused to speak to him in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?
(a) Mahad.
(b) Haweya.
(c) Asha Artan.
(d) Ayeeyo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ayaan write back regarding her cousin to a young woman in Chapter 8, "Refugees"?

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

3. What is the name of Ayaan's sister in "Infidel"?

4. Ayaan shared the secret of her marriage to a cousin with only whom in Chapter 7, "Disillusion and Deceit"?

5. It was January of what year when Ayaan's father told her she was to marry a distant relative in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?

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