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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. 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?
(a) 9.
(b) 14.
(c) 20.
(d) 35.

2. Ayaan Hirsi Ali sought and obtained political asylum in the Netherlands in what year?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1992.

3. Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki" details Ayaan's years growing up where?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Sudan.
(c) Kenya.
(d) Ethiopia.

4. In Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance," Mahad goes back where and the three women move into a house with a distant relative?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Somalia.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Sudan.

5. What refers to an ancient juridical notion under which a person persecuted for political opinions or religious beliefs in his or her own country may be protected by another sovereign authority, a foreign country, or church sanctuaries?
(a) Right of passage.
(b) Right of asylum.
(c) Right of religion.
(d) Right of detention.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ayaan's father return in the beginning of Chapter 9, "Abeh"?

2. In Chapter Four, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives," Ayaan attends school with whom?

3. Ayaan finishes school and becomes increasingly stricter in her religious activities as what movement becomes active in Kenya in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"?

4. What word refers to both the head covering traditionally worn by Muslim women and modest Muslim styles of dress in general?

5. What is the name of Ayaan's sister in "Infidel"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is the protagonist of "Infidel"? How is the narrative style established in the Introduction?

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

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

6. What led to Ayaan's entering school in Chapter 2, "Under the Talal Tree"? What did Ayaan learn early on there?

7. How is the author's relationship to Islam described in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"? How was Haweya's?

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

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

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

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