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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace" begin?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1983.

2. In Chapter Two, "Under the Talal Tree," the story focuses on Ayaan's early childhood memories growing up where with her mother, grandmother, brother, and sister?
(a) Mogadishu.
(b) Jeddah.
(c) Nairobi.
(d) Riyadh.

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) Put them in school.
(b) Send them to a convent.
(c) Marry them off.
(d) Send them to live with their grandparents.

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

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

6. 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.

7. Who was Hirsi Megan's first wife?
(a) Ibado Dhadey Megan.
(b) Haweya Magen.
(c) Maryan Farah.
(d) Aunt Khadija.

8. 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) Egyptan.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Canadian.
(d) American.

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

10. After her first husband died, Ayaan's mother requested and received a divorce then moved where?
(a) Mogadishu.
(b) Mecca.
(c) Jeddah.
(d) Nairobi.

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) Nairobi.
(b) Jeddah.
(c) Riyadh.
(d) Matabaan.

12. What is the name of Ayaan's grandmother whom she describes in Chapter One?
(a) Ayeeyo.
(b) Haweya.
(c) Ijaabo.
(d) Asha.

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

14. Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace" starts with the family moving where?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Sudan.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Ethiopia.

15. What distant relative living in Canada did Ayaan's father tell her she would marry in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?
(a) Ali Wersengeli.
(b) Osman Moussa.
(c) Farah Goure.
(d) Theo van Gogh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hirsi Ali's father had studied abroad and was opposed to what traditional practice in Somalia?

2. Where was Ayaan Hirsi Ali born?

3. By the age of 10, Ayaan had lived in how many different countries with governments she does not believe were successful?

4. In Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance," Mahad goes back where and the three women move into a house with a distant relative?

5. An adherent of Islam is called what?

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