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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. Ayaan has admitted that she had lied in obtaining refugee status by devising a false story about having to flee Mogadishu and spending time in refugee camps on the border between what countries?
(a) Sudan and Ethiopia.
(b) Ethiopia and Somalia.
(c) Kenya and Sudan.
(d) Somalia and Kenya.

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

3. Ayaan was determined to escape and so she went to visit what person whom she helped rescue and bring into Kenya from the border of Somalia in Chapter 10, "Running Away"?
(a) Jawahir.
(b) Yasmin.
(c) Fadumo.
(d) Johanna.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, "Haweya," Ayaan received housing and moved into her new place with what other Somali woman seeking refugee status in Holland?

2. In January of what year did Ayaan learn her sister had died in Chapter 13, "Leiden"?

3. How many times was Theo van Gogh shot in his assassination?

4. It was January of what year when Haweya came to stay with Ayaan in Chapter 12, "Haweya"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who stole the author's refugee papers in Chapter 12, "Haweya"? Why?

2. How does the author describe her participation in public debates in Chapter 15, "Threats"?

3. Where did the author describe taking a position in the Epilogue? Why?

4. Where did Ayaan decide to seek political asylum in Chapter 10, "Running Away"? Why?

5. What political group did Ayaan begin working for after completing her degree in Chapter 14, "Leaving God"?

6. How does the author describe her relationship with her sister in Chapter 13, "Leiden"?

7. What were Ayaan's impressions of the West when she arrived in Chapter 10, "Running Away"?

8. How does the author describe her return to Parliament in Chapter 17, "The Murder of Theo"?

9. How does the author describe a meeting with her father in Chapter 14, "Leaving God"?

10. What did Osman Moussa do when he arrived in Holland in Chapter 11, "A Trial by the Elders"?

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