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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term is used in the text to refer to a dutiful wife to her husband?
(a) Fatwa.
(b) Miye.
(c) Baarri.
(d) Hijab.

2. What is the term referring to the pilgrimage to Mecca that is obligatory upon all able Muslims?
(a) Fatwa.
(b) Hajj.
(c) Baarri.
(d) Miye.

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

4. What non-Muslim country did Ayaan's family gain entrance into after being deported from Saudi Arabia in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Somalia.
(c) Kenya.
(d) Iran.

5. Which of Ayaan's siblings did particularly well in school in Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki"?
(a) Mahad Magen.
(b) Osman Moussa.
(c) Haweya Magen.
(d) Ibado Dhadey Megan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ayaan and her sister leave their mother when they returned to Somalia in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"?

2. What refers to a Somali gathering of elders to discuss and decide on an important matter?

3. What cousin had officiated as Ayaan's guardian at her secret wedding to her cousin?

4. Food permissible for Muslims is known as what?

5. What clan leader does Ayaan go to in order to gain permission to return to Somalia in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"?

(see the answer key)

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