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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what country did Ayaan's family move after leaving Ethiopia in Chapter Four, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives"?
(a) Canada.
(b) Sudan.
(c) Kenya.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

2. What is the name of Ayaan's grandmother whom she describes in Chapter One?
(a) Ayeeyo.
(b) Ijaabo.
(c) Asha.
(d) Haweya.

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

4. When she was eight, Hirsi Ali's family left Somalia for what country?
(a) Russia.
(b) Ethiopia.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Kenya.

5. What is the name of Ayaan Hirsi Ali's father?
(a) Theo van Gogh.
(b) Hirsi Magan Isse.
(c) Farah Goure.
(d) Mahad Magen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace" starts with the family moving where?

2. When did Theo van Gogh die?

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

4. In Chapter Two, "Under the Talal Tree," the story focuses on Ayaan's early childhood memories growing up where with her mother, grandmother, brother, and sister?

5. What is the capital of Somalia?

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