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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki" details Ayaan's years growing up where?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Ethiopia.
(c) Sudan.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

3. In Chapter Two, "Under the Talal Tree," Ayaan and her sister continued to play and annoy the adults to such an extent that they decided to do what?
(a) Send them to live with their grandparents.
(b) Put them in school.
(c) Marry them off.
(d) Send them to a convent.

4. When was Ayaan Hirsi Ali named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world?
(a) 1997.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2008.

5. An adherent of Islam is called what?
(a) A Muslim.
(b) A Christian.
(c) A Mormon.
(d) A Jew.

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

7. 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) Arabic.
(d) Oromo.

8. When did Ayaan's parents marry?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1954.

9. Ayaan Hirsi Ali sought and obtained political asylum in the Netherlands in what year?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1992.

10. When was Siad Barre born?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1942.

11. When was Hirsi Magan Isse born?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1972.

12. Who encourages Ayaan's secret wedding to her cousin in Chapter 7, "Disillusion and Deceit"?
(a) Asha Artan.
(b) Hirsi Magen Isse.
(c) Ayeeyo.
(d) Aunt Khadija.

13. In Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace," Ayaan compares her parents, considering her father more gentle and believing in the spirit of the laws while her mother was stricter and teaching what?
(a) Penal code chapters.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) The number of the law.
(d) The letter of the law.

14. A woman from where sends Ayaan a letter regarding her cousin in Chapter 8, "Refugees"?
(a) England.
(b) Canada.
(c) Holland.
(d) Finland.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a nonprofit organization for the defense of Muslim women's rights?

3. In what year was Ayaan's family deported from Saudi Arabia immediately in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?

4. Food permissible for Muslims is known as what?

5. Which of Ayaan's siblings did particularly well in school in Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki"?

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