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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 9, "Abeh" begins in April of what year?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1987.

2. What is the name of Ayaan's mother in the book?
(a) Khadija Magen.
(b) Ayeeyo Magen.
(c) Asha Artan.
(d) Haweya Magen.

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

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

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

6. How many years did Ayaan live in Kenya growing up?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

7. Who, in addition to Ayaan's mother, beat her severely in Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki"?
(a) A group of girls at school.
(b) A bus driver.
(c) Her religion teacher.
(d) A street vendor.

8. In Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance," Mahad goes back where and the three women move into a house with a distant relative?
(a) Somalia.
(b) Kenya.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Sudan.

9. In what year was Ayaan's family deported from Saudi Arabia immediately in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1979.

10. What is the name of Ayaan's brother in the narrative?
(a) Farah Goure.
(b) Hirsi Magen Isse.
(c) Ahmed Magen.
(d) Mahad Magen.

11. 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) Sudan.
(c) Iran.
(d) Kenya.

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

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) The letter of the law.
(b) Penal code chapters.
(c) The number of the law.
(d) Mathematics.

14. In Chapter 8, "Refugees," Ayaan accompanies her cousin to the border to bring back his family and returns from a 3 week journey with over how many people?
(a) 9.
(b) 35.
(c) 20.
(d) 14.

15. Where did Hirsi Magan Isse earn a degree in anthropology?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Valley Secretarial College.
(d) Leiden University.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Theo van Gogh die?

2. When was Hirsi Magan Isse born?

3. Which of Ayaan's siblings did particularly well in school in Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki"?

4. In Chapter Four, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives," Ayaan attends school with whom?

5. What was the name of Ayaan's half-sister through her father who was very religious and wore the veil?

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