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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. In Chapter 12, "Haweya," Ayaan received housing and moved into her new place with what other Somali woman seeking refugee status in Holland?
2. Where did Osman Moussa tell Ayaan to return in Chapter 11, "A Trial by the Elders"?
3. Ayaan learned that the family was looking for her through a letter from whom in Chapter 10, "Running Away"?
4. Where did Haweya insist on going in order to be with their mom and around Muslims in Chapter 13, "Leiden"?
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"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who stole the author's refugee papers in Chapter 12, "Haweya"? Why?
2. What does the author write regarding her decision to leave Holland in the Epilogue?
3. Where did Ayaan travel in the beginning of Chapter 10, "Running Away"? Who did she meet there?
4. What does the author say regarding life in the West in the book's Epilogue?
5. How does the author describe the investigation into her citizenship in the Epilogue?
6. Where did Ayaan decide to seek political asylum in Chapter 10, "Running Away"? Why?
7. How is the beginning of the author's political career described in Chapter 16, "Politics"?
8. What political group did Ayaan begin working for after completing her degree in Chapter 14, "Leaving God"?
9. Where did Ayaan travel when death threats became an issue in Chapter 15, "Threats"? How did she encounter politics on this trip?
10. What were Ayaan's first days as an official refugee like in Chapter 11, "A Trial by the Elders"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the setting of Kenya and the Muslim Brotherhood. When was the Muslim Brotherhood first active? How did the Muslim Brotherhood influence the author? How does she describe her relationship to Islam during the period in which she lived in Kenya?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss Hirsi Magan Isse, Somali Salvation Democratic Front and the Somalian Revolution. Who was deposed during the revolution? How much power did Ayaan's father have politically? How did these events influence the ideas of Ayaan Hirsi Ali?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss Ayaan's relationships and experiences in Somalia in 1990. How did faith play a role in Ayaan's life at this point? With whom did she share a romantic relationship and why did she end the affair? How did Ayaan's views on romantic relationships differ from those of her siblings?
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