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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Theo van Gogh die?
(a) 2004.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1962.

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

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

5. Ayaan finishes school and becomes increasingly stricter in her religious activities as what movement becomes active in Kenya in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"?
(a) The Muslim Brotherhood.
(b) The Blue Shield.
(c) The Red Cross.
(d) NATO.

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

7. What is the name of Ayaan Hirsi Ali's father?
(a) Mahad Magen.
(b) Hirsi Magan Isse.
(c) Farah Goure.
(d) Theo van Gogh.

8. What film did Theo van Gogh produce along with Ayaan Hirsi Ali?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Infidel.
(c) Submission.
(d) 20/60.

9. Siad Barre was the military dictator and President of the Somali Democratic Republic from 1969 until what year?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1988.

10. In what year was Ayaan Hirsi Ali elected a member of the House of Representatives?
(a) 1998.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2003.

11. Where did Ayaan arrive with her mother, brother and sister and become stranded at the airport in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?
(a) Jeddah.
(b) Matabaan.
(c) Riyadh.
(d) Nairobi.

12. Where did Ayaan's father return in the beginning of Chapter 9, "Abeh"?
(a) Jeddah.
(b) Matabaan.
(c) Mogadishu.
(d) Nairobi.

13. Who assassinated Theo van Gogh?
(a) Osama bin Laden.
(b) Mohammed Bouyeri.
(c) Lee Harvey Oswald.
(d) Jack Ruby.

14. In Chapter Two, "Under the Talal Tree," Ayaan's family moved out of the city to what countryside village for a short time?
(a) Nairobi.
(b) Jeddah.
(c) Matabaan.
(d) Mogadishu.

15. Where was it decided that Ayaan would go to await a visa to accompany her new husband in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?
(a) Russia.
(b) Canada.
(c) Germany.
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ayaan and her sister flee when Somalia fell further into civil war and fighting spread to Mogadishu in Chapter 7, "Disillusion and Deceit"?

2. What is the moral code and religious law of Islam?

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

4. How many years did Ayaan live in Kenya growing up?

5. What caused Ayaan's mother to become even more hostile toward others in Chapter Four, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives"?

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