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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Oromo.
(c) Berber.
(d) Arabic.

2. Hirsi Magan Isse was a part of Somalia's political elite and a leader in what earliest and most influential factions in the Somali Civil War?
(a) The Somali Salvation Democratic Front.
(b) The Somali Freedom Movement.
(c) The Justice Party of Somalia.
(d) The Democratic Allegiance of Somalia.

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

4. 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.

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

6. When she was eight, Hirsi Ali's family left Somalia for what country?
(a) Russia.
(b) Ethiopia.
(c) Kenya.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

7. Who ripped up the marriage certificate to Ayaan's secret marriage to her cousin in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?
(a) Osman Moussa.
(b) Haweya Magen.
(c) Mahad Magen.
(d) Hirsi Magen Isse.

8. Ayaan secretly marries her cousin as he is about to depart for where in Chapter 7, "Disillusion and Deceit"?
(a) Germany.
(b) Canada.
(c) Russia.
(d) Finland.

9. What British Indian novelist and essayist wrote the book "The Satanic Verses"?
(a) Salman Rushdie.
(b) Neelie Kroes.
(c) Mohammed Bouyeri.
(d) Rita Verdonk.

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

11. In Chapter 7, "Disillusion and Deceit," Ayaan again experienced a boyfriend relationship which plagues both of them with guilt, as he was also what?
(a) Canadian.
(b) Muslim.
(c) American.
(d) Egyptan.

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

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) The letter of the law.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) The number of the law.

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

15. What refers to an ancient juridical notion under which a person persecuted for political opinions or religious beliefs in his or her own country may be protected by another sovereign authority, a foreign country, or church sanctuaries?
(a) Right of passage.
(b) Right of detention.
(c) Right of religion.
(d) Right of asylum.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Somali Civil War begin?

2. What cousin had officiated as Ayaan's guardian at her secret wedding to her cousin?

3. What refers to a Somali gathering of elders to discuss and decide on an important matter?

4. Who was not pleased with the return of Ayaan's father and refused to speak to him in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?

5. What is the name of Ayaan's brother in the narrative?

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