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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. At the end of Chapter Two, "Under the Talal Tree," Ayaan's father escapes from prison and makes it where?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Holland.
(c) Finland.
(d) Ethiopia.

2. 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) Theo van Gogh.
(d) Osman Moussa.

3. Where did the film produced by Theo van Gogh and Ayaan Hirsi Ali air?
(a) British television.
(b) Dutch television.
(c) Japanese television.
(d) American television.

4. What does Ayaan write back regarding her cousin to a young woman in Chapter 8, "Refugees"?
(a) They are married.
(b) They are enemies.
(c) They are divorced.
(d) They are only cousins.

5. Where did Hirsi Magan Isse earn a degree in anthropology?
(a) Valley Secretarial College.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Leiden University.
(d) Columbia University.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the age of 10, Ayaan had lived in how many different countries with governments she does not believe were successful?

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

3. Into what Somali clan was Ayaan Hirsi Ali born?

4. What in the Islamic faith is a juristic ruling concerning Islamic law issued by an Islamic scholar?

5. Haweya returns and she and Ayaan attend what together in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Whose death is described in the Introduction to "Infidel"? What film did this individual make with the author?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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