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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Haweya returns and she and Ayaan attend what together in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) Welding school.
(c) Secretarial school.
(d) Culinary school.

2. What refers to a Somali gathering of elders to discuss and decide on an important matter?
(a) Hijab.
(b) Tolka.
(c) Baarri.
(d) Hajj.

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

4. What country was Ayaan's family unable to enter after being deported from Saudi Arabia in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Iran.
(c) Sudan.
(d) Kenya.

5. What did Ayaan's mother force her to tell her father the truth about in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?
(a) Her childhood.
(b) Her first marriage.
(c) Her health.
(d) Her second marraige.

6. Where did Ayaan's new husband return to file for a visa for Ayaan in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?
(a) Russia.
(b) Germany.
(c) Canada.
(d) Finland.

7. When did the Somali Civil War begin?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1987.

8. What is the name of the cousin Ayaan met and secretly married in Chapter 7, "Disillusion and Deceit"?
(a) Mahad.
(b) Afwayne.
(c) Farah.
(d) Mahmud.

9. Who in Ayaan's family rebels against all of the Islamic rules in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"?
(a) Asha Artan.
(b) Mahad Magen.
(c) Hirsi Magen Isse.
(d) Haweya Magen.

10. To what country did Ayaan's family move after leaving Ethiopia in Chapter Four, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives"?
(a) Sudan.
(b) Canada.
(c) Kenya.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

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

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

13. What cousin had officiated as Ayaan's guardian at her secret wedding to her cousin?
(a) Mohammed Bouyeri.
(b) Ali Wersengeli.
(c) Salman Rushdie.
(d) Osman Moussa.

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

15. 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 Red Cross.
(b) The Blue Shield.
(c) NATO.
(d) The Muslim Brotherhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the film produced by Theo van Gogh and Ayaan Hirsi Ali air?

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

3. How old was Ayaan in 1990?

4. Chapter 9, "Abeh" begins in April of what year?

5. Where did Hirsi Magan Isse earn a degree in anthropology?

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