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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the age of 10, Ayaan had lived in how many different countries with governments she does not believe were successful?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

2. What refers to a Somali gathering of elders to discuss and decide on an important matter?
(a) Baarri.
(b) Hijab.
(c) Hajj.
(d) Tolka.

3. What refers to the countryside in Somalia, and is sometimes used as a descriptive word in the book to explain people who are backwards or not modern nor progressive?
(a) Tolka.
(b) Miye.
(c) Fatwa.
(d) Hajj.

4. What caused Ayaan's mother to become even more hostile toward others in Chapter Four, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives"?
(a) She had an affair.
(b) She got divorced.
(c) She had an abortion.
(d) She lost a child in stillbirth.

5. What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Nairobi.
(c) Mogadishu.
(d) Riyadh.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace" begin?

2. In what year was Ayaan's family deported from Saudi Arabia immediately in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?

3. In Chapter 13, "Leiden," Ayaan is disillusioned by the Somalis and their way of living in Holland, as they do what?

4. Where did Haweya insist on going in order to be with their mom and around Muslims in Chapter 13, "Leiden"?

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

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