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

2. Where did Ayaan and her sister flee when Somalia fell further into civil war and fighting spread to Mogadishu in Chapter 7, "Disillusion and Deceit"?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Canada.
(c) Ethiopia.
(d) Kenya.

3. When did the Somali Civil War begin?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1991.

4. Where did Ayaan attend a secretarial course in Nairobi?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) Valley Secretarial College.
(c) Leiden University.
(d) The University of Chicago.

5. What clan leader does Ayaan go to in order to gain permission to return to Somalia in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"?
(a) Farah Goure.
(b) Mohammed Bouyeri.
(c) Osman Moussa.
(d) Theo van Gogh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ayaan's mother decide to send her to study in Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki"?

2. What caused Ayaan's mother to become even more hostile toward others in Chapter Four, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives"?

3. What was the last film Theo van Gogh completed before his death?

4. When did Theo van Gogh die?

5. What was the name of Ayaan's half-sister through her father who was modern and wanted to live like the West?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author describe her father's return in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?

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

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

5. How does the author describe herself in the Introduction?

6. How was the living situation described when the war broke out in Chapter 8, "Refugees"?

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

8. Where did Ayaan's family move in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"? How was their arrival described?

9. Where is Mogadishu? How is it described in the Introduction?

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

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