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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. What non-Muslim country did Ayaan's family gain entrance into after being deported from Saudi Arabia in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Somalia.
(c) Iran.
(d) Kenya.

2. 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) Send them to live with their grandparents.
(c) Marry them off.
(d) Put them in school.

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

4. Who ripped up the marriage certificate to Ayaan's secret marriage to her cousin in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?
(a) Mahad Magen.
(b) Osman Moussa.
(c) Haweya Magen.
(d) Hirsi Magen Isse.

5. When she was eight, Hirsi Ali's family left Somalia for what country?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Ethiopia.
(c) Russia.
(d) Kenya.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, "Disillusion and Deceit," Ayaan again experienced a boyfriend relationship which plagues both of them with guilt, as he was also what?

2. Where did Hirsi Magan Isse earn a degree in anthropology?

3. What does the SSDF stand for?

4. What term is used in the text to refer to a dutiful wife to her husband?

5. Who arranged for the circumcisions of Ayaan and her siblings in Chapter Two, "Under the Talal Tree"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who did Ayaan's father marry in Chapter 9, "Abeh"? Why?

3. How is the physical abuse the author withstood described in Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki"?

4. What conflict arose between Ayaan and her mother in Chapter 9, "Abeh"? What became of the situation?

5. What led to Ayaan's return to Mogadishu in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"? Who granted her permission to go?

6. Why did Ayaan end her relationship with a fellow Muslim in Chapter 7, "Disillusion and Deceit"?

7. Where did Ayaan and her sister go once the fighting began to spread in Chapter 8, "Refugees"? What is foreseen regarding Ayaan's marriage in the chapter?

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

9. What did the author learn from looking back at her childhood in Chapter 4, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives"?

10. Who attempted to prevent Ayaan's marriage in Chapter 9, "Abeh"? What happened?

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