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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When was Theo van Gogh born?
(a) 1875.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1957.

4. It was January of what year when Ayaan's father told her she was to marry a distant relative in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1990.

5. How long was the film produced by Theo van Gogh and Ayaan Hirsi Ali?
(a) 40 minutes.
(b) 90 minutes.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 25 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ayaan secretly marries her cousin as he is about to depart for where in Chapter 7, "Disillusion and Deceit"?

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

3. Where did Ayaan and her sister leave their mother when they returned to Somalia in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"?

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

5. Where was it decided that Ayaan would go to await a visa to accompany her new husband in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Ayaan's early childhood described in Chapter 2, "Under the Talal Tree"?

2. How is Ayaan's father described in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?

3. How is Ayaan's father described in Chapter 1, "Bloodlines"? When did he marry Ayaan's mother?

4. Who wrote a letter to Ayaan in Chapter 8, "Refugees"? What did Ayaan respond?

5. Where did Ayaan's father go after escaping prison in Chapter 2, "Under the Talal Tree"? What did he do there?

6. What is foreshadowed in the author's discussion of government in Chapter 4, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives"?

7. Where was Ayaan's family living in Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki"? How is this period described?

8. How does the author describe her grandmother in Chapter 1, "Bloodlines"?

9. Who is the protagonist of "Infidel"? How is the narrative style established in the Introduction?

10. How was Ayaan's marriage described in Chapter 9, "Abeh"? Where did she go following the wedding?

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