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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Ayaan Hirsi Ali born?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Somalia.
(d) Zimbabwe.

2. 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) Berber.
(b) Arabic.
(c) Swahili.
(d) Oromo.

3. 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) Riyadh.
(d) Nairobi.

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

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

6. 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 letter of the law.
(d) The number of the law.

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

8. Chapter 7, "Disillusion and Deceit" describes what length of time in which Ayaan lived in Somalia?
(a) 7 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 3 months.

9. 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 Justice Party of Somalia.
(b) The Somali Freedom Movement.
(c) The Somali Salvation Democratic Front.
(d) The Democratic Allegiance of Somalia.

10. What is the first western country which Ayaan traveled to while waiting for her visa to Canada?
(a) Russia.
(b) Holland.
(c) Germany.
(d) The U.S.

11. When was Ayaan Hirsi Ali born?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1974.

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

13. With the help of other clan members, Ayaan's family moved to a small apartment where in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?
(a) Matabaan.
(b) Riyadh.
(c) Jeddah.
(d) Mecca.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What in the Islamic faith is a juristic ruling concerning Islamic law issued by an Islamic scholar?

2. Ayaan experiences her first kiss in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance," but knows it is doomed, as he is from where?

3. When was Theo van Gogh born?

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

5. What is the name of Ayaan's sister in "Infidel"?

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