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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. Who, in addition to Ayaan's mother, beat her severely in Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki"?
(a) A group of girls at school.
(b) A bus driver.
(c) A street vendor.
(d) Her religion teacher.

2. What is the term referring to the pilgrimage to Mecca that is obligatory upon all able Muslims?
(a) Miye.
(b) Fatwa.
(c) Baarri.
(d) Hajj.

3. What is the moral code and religious law of Islam?
(a) Sharia Law.
(b) Kosher Law.
(c) Halal Law.
(d) Muslim Law.

4. Who assassinated Theo van Gogh?
(a) Mohammed Bouyeri.
(b) Jack Ruby.
(c) Osama bin Laden.
(d) Lee Harvey Oswald.

5. Who was part of the Osman Mahamud clan and hosted Ayaan when she first arrived in Germany?
(a) Ijaabo.
(b) Arro.
(c) Amina.
(d) Jawahir.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the capital of Kenya?

2. In Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace," Ayaan's father had rushed off to join a coup against what?

3. In Chapter Two, "Under the Talal Tree," Ayaan's family moved out of the city to what countryside village for a short time?

4. 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?

5. 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"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who did Ayaan secretly marry in Chapter 7, "Disillusion and Deceit"? How is this affair described?

7. Who was Theodore van Gogh? How is he described in the book's Introduction?

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

9. Who did Ayaan's father plan for Ayaan to marry in Chapter 9, "Abeh"? How did she feel about the arrangement?

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

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