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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arranged for the circumcisions of Ayaan and her siblings in Chapter Two, "Under the Talal Tree"?
(a) Mahmud.
(b) Ayeeyo.
(c) Hirsi Magen Isse.
(d) Asha Artan.

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

3. Ayaan experiences her first kiss in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance," but knows it is doomed, as he is from where?
(a) Finland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Sudan.
(d) Kenya.

4. When was Siad Barre born?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1919.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was the film produced by Theo van Gogh and Ayaan Hirsi Ali?

2. What British Indian novelist and essayist wrote the book "The Satanic Verses"?

3. Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki" details Ayaan's years growing up where?

4. What is the capital of Kenya?

5. Ayaan Hirsi Ali sought and obtained political asylum in the Netherlands in what year?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Mogadishu? How is it described in the Introduction?

2. How was Ayaan's marriage described in Chapter 9, "Abeh"? Where did she go following the wedding?

3. How is the marriage of Ayaan's grandmother described in Chapter 1, "Bloodlines"?

4. To whom does the author dedicate the book in the Introduction?

5. What did the author learn from looking back at her childhood in Chapter 4, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives"?

6. Who did Ayaan's father plan for Ayaan to marry in Chapter 9, "Abeh"? How did she feel about the arrangement?

7. What led to Ayaan's return to Mogadishu in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"? Who granted her permission to go?

8. Where did Ayaan and her sister go once the fighting began to spread in Chapter 8, "Refugees"? What is foreseen regarding Ayaan's marriage in the chapter?

9. Who did Ayaan secretly marry in Chapter 7, "Disillusion and Deceit"? How is this affair described?

10. Where did Ayaan's father go after escaping prison in Chapter 2, "Under the Talal Tree"? What did he do there?

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