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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. Ayaan's Dutch citizenship was left intact as she traveled promoting her first book where in the Epilogue?
(a) Finland.
(b) Holland.
(c) The U.S.
(d) Russia.

2. In August of what year did Ayaan officially become a Dutch citizen?
(a) 1997.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1995.

3. What private trust was established to help fund protection of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and other Muslim dissidents?
(a) The Foundation for Muslim Speech.
(b) The Foundation for Freedom of Expression.
(c) The Foundation for Western Beliefs.
(d) The Foundation for a Just World.

4. The elders and Osman left without violence or threats, accepting that Ayaan's decision for what in Chapter 11, "A Trial by the Elders"?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Divorce.
(c) Murder.
(d) Investments.

5. Ayaan was determined to escape and so she went to visit what person whom she helped rescue and bring into Kenya from the border of Somalia in Chapter 10, "Running Away"?
(a) Fadumo.
(b) Johanna.
(c) Jawahir.
(d) Yasmin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Osman Moussa tell Ayaan to return in Chapter 11, "A Trial by the Elders"?

2. Who was a Dutch Protestant Christian that befriended Ayaan during her time in the Netherlands?

3. Who was a refugee worker in Holland who encouraged Ayaan to study and helped her get a job as a translator?

4. What editor of the feminist magazine "Opzij" did Ayaan contact to discuss how to raise funds from the government for protection after she began getting threats?

5. What does DKDB stand for in the narrative?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe her participation in public debates in Chapter 15, "Threats"?

2. What does the author say regarding life in the West in the book's Epilogue?

3. What does the author write regarding her decision to leave Holland in the Epilogue?

4. What interactions did Ayaan have with her father and husband in Chapter 11, "A Trial by the Elders"?

5. How does the author describe her return to Parliament in Chapter 17, "The Murder of Theo"?

6. What did Ayaan lie about when seeking political asylum in Chapter 10, "Running Away"?

7. What film did the author produce in Chapter 16, "Politics"? With whom did she make the film?

8. Where did Ayaan decide to seek political asylum in Chapter 10, "Running Away"? Why?

9. Who stole the author's refugee papers in Chapter 12, "Haweya"? Why?

10. What were Ayaan's first days as an official refugee like in Chapter 11, "A Trial by the Elders"?

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