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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What political party did Ayaan Hirsi Ali represent in the Dutch House of Representatives?
(a) The Libertarian Party for Freedom.
(b) The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.
(c) The Green Party.
(d) The Democratic Party of Freedom.

2. Siad Barre was the military dictator and President of the Somali Democratic Republic from 1969 until what year?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1976.

3. Who assassinated Theo van Gogh?
(a) Osama bin Laden.
(b) Lee Harvey Oswald.
(c) Mohammed Bouyeri.
(d) Jack Ruby.

4. In what year was Ayaan Hirsi Ali elected a member of the House of Representatives?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1998.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Ayaan's mother in the book?

2. With the help of other clan members, Ayaan's family moved to a small apartment where in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?

3. When was Hirsi Magan Isse born?

4. Where did Ayaan's mother decide to send her to study in Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki"?

5. Haweya returns and she and Ayaan attend what together in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"?

(see the answer key)

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