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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What British Indian novelist and essayist wrote the book "The Satanic Verses"?
(a) Rita Verdonk.
(b) Neelie Kroes.
(c) Salman Rushdie.
(d) Mohammed Bouyeri.

2. What term is used in the text to refer to a dutiful wife to her husband?
(a) Miye.
(b) Baarri.
(c) Hijab.
(d) Fatwa.

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

4. What was the name of Ayaan's half-sister through her father who was modern and wanted to live like the West?
(a) Ijaabo.
(b) Ijaabo.
(c) Jawahir.
(d) Arro.

5. 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) Nairobi.
(b) Mogadishu.
(c) Jeddah.
(d) Riyadh.

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

7. What film did Theo van Gogh produce along with Ayaan Hirsi Ali?
(a) Submission.
(b) Brazil.
(c) 20/60.
(d) Infidel.

8. Ayaan experiences her first kiss in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance," but knows it is doomed, as he is from where?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Finland.
(c) Germany.
(d) Sudan.

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

10. Food permissible for Muslims is known as what?
(a) Sharia food.
(b) Organic food.
(c) Halal food.
(d) Kosher food.

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

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

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

14. Siad Barre was the military dictator and President of the Somali Democratic Republic from 1969 until what year?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1991.

15. 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) 14.
(b) 9.
(c) 20.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who assassinated Theo van Gogh?

2. What is the term referring to the pilgrimage to Mecca that is obligatory upon all able Muslims?

3. How long was the film produced by Theo van Gogh and Ayaan Hirsi Ali?

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

5. What is the moral code and religious law of Islam?

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