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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?

2. What was the name of Ayaan's half-sister through her father who was modern and wanted to live like the West?

3. When was Hirsi Magan Isse born?

4. What term is used in the text to refer to a dutiful wife to her husband?

5. Hirsi Magan Isse was a part of Somalia's political elite and a leader in what earliest and most influential factions in the Somali Civil War?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is Ayaan's father described in Chapter 1, "Bloodlines"? When did he marry Ayaan's mother?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How was the living situation described when the war broke out in Chapter 8, "Refugees"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Theo van Gogh, Mohammed Bouyeri, and the film "Submission". What was revealed in the note left by the assassin? When was van Gogh killed and what reason was given for his death? What was van Gogh's relationship with Ayaan Hirsi Ali?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss Ayaan's secret marriage to her cousin in the narrative. Who served as a witness to the wedding? Who encouraged the wedding? Why did Ayaan and her sister choose to leave Somalia again?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and analyze the author's year in Ethiopia in Chapter 4, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives." What led the family to move to Kenya? Also describe Ayaan's first encounters with Christianity at the school in Ethiopia. What were the living circumstances like for the author?

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