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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) Somalia.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Zimbabwe.

2. What political party did Ayaan Hirsi Ali represent in the Dutch House of Representatives?
(a) The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.
(b) The Green Party.
(c) The Democratic Party of Freedom.
(d) The Libertarian Party for Freedom.

3. When did Theo van Gogh die?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1962.
(d) 2004.

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

5. Who was part of the Osman Mahamud clan and hosted Ayaan when she first arrived in Germany?
(a) Jawahir.
(b) Ijaabo.
(c) Arro.
(d) Amina.

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

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

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

9. 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) Jeddah.
(b) Mecca.
(c) Matabaan.
(d) Riyadh.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What refers to the countryside in Somalia, and is sometimes used as a descriptive word in the book to explain people who are backwards or not modern nor progressive?
(a) Miye.
(b) Hajj.
(c) Tolka.
(d) Fatwa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what Somali clan was Ayaan Hirsi Ali born?

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

3. When she was eight, Hirsi Ali's family left Somalia for what country?

4. What is a nonprofit organization for the defense of Muslim women's rights?

5. In what year was Ayaan Hirsi Ali elected a member of the House of Representatives?

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