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

2. 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) Fatwa.
(b) Hajj.
(c) Miye.
(d) Tolka.

3. Ayaan shared the secret of her marriage to a cousin with only whom in Chapter 7, "Disillusion and Deceit"?
(a) Ayeeyo.
(b) Haweya Magen.
(c) Asha Artan.
(d) Hirsi Magen Isse.

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

5. 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) Riyadh.
(d) Matabaan.

Short Answer 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"?

2. Ayaan experiences her first kiss in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance," but knows it is doomed, as he is from where?

3. What political party did Ayaan Hirsi Ali represent in the Dutch House of Representatives?

4. Where was Ayaan Hirsi Ali born?

5. Chapter 7, "Disillusion and Deceit" describes what length of time in which Ayaan lived in Somalia?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the author's relationship to her mother described in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"?

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

3. How did Ayaan's character develop in Chapter 8, "Refugees"? What is foreseen about the protagonist in this chapter?

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

5. How is the marriage of Ayaan's grandmother described in Chapter 1, "Bloodlines"?

6. Where did Ayaan's family move after leaving Saudi Arabia in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?

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

8. Where did Ayaan live in Chapter 4, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives"? How is this setting described?

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

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

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