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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, "Threats," Ayaan writes that when a major politician was shot and killed, she immediately thought it was a Muslim, but she was wrong, as it was actually who?
(a) A white animal-rights activist.
(b) A black musician.
(c) A white businessman.
(d) An Asian gang member.

2. Who was a refugee worker in Holland who encouraged Ayaan to study and helped her get a job as a translator?
(a) Sylvia.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Rita.
(d) Johanna.

3. With whom did Ayaan stay upon arriving in Amsterdam in Chapter 10, "Running Away"?
(a) Ijaabo.
(b) Aunt Khadija.
(c) Yasmin.
(d) Mudoh.

4. Ayaan received a residence permit within how much time of her arrival in the Netherlands?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 1 month.

5. When did Ayaan's father contact her to speak about faith and encourage her return to Islam in Chapter 16, "Politics"?
(a) May, 2004.
(b) June, 2001.
(c) April, 2006.
(d) December, 2000.

6. Where did Ayaan study at college in Holland?
(a) Leiden University.
(b) Valley Secretarial College.
(c) Humboldt State University.
(d) Columbia University.

7. It was January of what year when Haweya came to stay with Ayaan in Chapter 12, "Haweya"?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1993.

8. What is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities?
(a) Atheism.
(b) Abatement.
(c) Alienation.
(d) Anarchy.

9. In Chapter 13, "Leiden," Haweya became more religious due to her guilt over what?
(a) Having had abortions.
(b) Getting a divorce.
(c) The Kenyan revolution.
(d) The death of her father.

10. In Chapter 10, "Running Away," Ayaan considers going where because she knows the language from the novels she read growing up?
(a) England.
(b) Holland.
(c) The U.S.
(d) Canada.

11. When was Mahmoud Ahmadinejad born?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1956.

12. What head of the Ministry of Justice began an official investigation into Ayaan's asylum case in the Epilogue?
(a) Mohammed Bouyeri.
(b) Ali Wersengeli.
(c) Rita Verdonk.
(d) Neelie Kroes.

13. Where was Theo van Gogh going when he was shot?
(a) To dinner.
(b) To a movie.
(c) To church.
(d) To work.

14. The note that was pinned to Theo van Gogh's body after his assassination threatened Western countries, Jews and whom?
(a) Salman Rushdie.
(b) Osama Bin Laden.
(c) Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
(d) George W. Bush.

15. In Chapter 14, "Leaving God," Ayaan visited her father where in the spring of 2000?
(a) Germany.
(b) Sudan.
(c) Canada.
(d) Kenya.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ayaan give her mother before returning to Holland in Chapter 13, "Leiden"?

2. What was the party which Ayaan joined to run for Parliment in Holland?

3. In January 2006, Ayaan used her acceptance speech for the Reader's Digest "European of the Year" award to urge action to prevent what nation from developing nuclear weapons?

4. Ayaan was sent to a small town in what U.S. state when she went into hiding following the assassination of Theo van Gogh?

5. In January 2003, the Liberal Party won what percentage of the vote?

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