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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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 Green Party.
(c) The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.
(d) The Democratic Party of Freedom.

2. In what year does Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace" begin?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1978.

3. Where did Ayaan's mother decide to send her to study in Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki"?
(a) A Muslim girls' school.
(b) A Christian school.
(c) Germany.
(d) Somalia.

4. What cousin had officiated as Ayaan's guardian at her secret wedding to her cousin?
(a) Mohammed Bouyeri.
(b) Salman Rushdie.
(c) Osman Moussa.
(d) Ali Wersengeli.

5. Who was not pleased with the return of Ayaan's father and refused to speak to him in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?
(a) Ayeeyo.
(b) Haweya.
(c) Mahad.
(d) Asha Artan.

6. What is a nonprofit organization for the defense of Muslim women's rights?
(a) The American Enterprise Institute.
(b) Valley Secretarial College.
(c) The EMA Establishment.
(d) The AHA Foundation.

7. What film did Theo van Gogh produce along with Ayaan Hirsi Ali?
(a) 20/60.
(b) Submission.
(c) Infidel.
(d) Brazil.

8. What did Ayaan's mother force her to tell her father the truth about in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?
(a) Her first marriage.
(b) Her health.
(c) Her second marraige.
(d) Her childhood.

9. What country was Ayaan's family unable to enter after being deported from Saudi Arabia in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Iran.
(c) Sudan.
(d) Kenya.

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

11. How many years did Ayaan live in Kenya growing up?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 14.

12. When did Ayaan's parents marry?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1966.

13. What refers to an ancient juridical notion under which a person persecuted for political opinions or religious beliefs in his or her own country may be protected by another sovereign authority, a foreign country, or church sanctuaries?
(a) Right of asylum.
(b) Right of passage.
(c) Right of religion.
(d) Right of detention.

14. Chapter 9, "Abeh" begins in April of what year?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1991.

15. What distant relative living in Canada did Ayaan's father tell her she would marry in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?
(a) Osman Moussa.
(b) Farah Goure.
(c) Theo van Gogh.
(d) Ali Wersengeli.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what country did Ayaan's family move after leaving Ethiopia in Chapter Four, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives"?

2. What is the moral code and religious law of Islam?

3. Where did Ayaan's new husband return to file for a visa for Ayaan in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?

4. Who was part of the Osman Mahamud clan and hosted Ayaan when she first arrived in Germany?

5. An adherent of Islam is called what?

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