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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was not pleased with the return of Ayaan's father and refused to speak to him in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?

2. Hirsi Magan Isse was a part of Somalia's political elite and a leader in what earliest and most influential factions in the Somali Civil War?

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

4. In what year was Ayaan's family deported from Saudi Arabia immediately in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?

5. In Chapter Four, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives," Ayaan attends school with whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did Ayaan live in Chapter 4, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives"? How is this setting described?

3. Why did Ayaan end her relationship with a fellow Muslim in Chapter 7, "Disillusion and Deceit"?

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

5. Where did Ayaan's family move after leaving Saudi Arabia in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?

6. Who attempted to prevent Ayaan's marriage in Chapter 9, "Abeh"? What happened?

7. Who was Theodore van Gogh? How is he described in the book's Introduction?

8. How was the living situation described when the war broke out in Chapter 8, "Refugees"?

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

10. Who is the protagonist of "Infidel"? How is the narrative style established in the Introduction?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Ayaan's decision to seek refugee status in Chapter 10, "Running Away." Why did she initially hope to move to England? Who changed her mind and why? Also discuss Ayaan's impressions of Germany. How did she compare it to Somalia?

Essay Topic 2

Define, identify and analyze the theme of abuse in the narrative. How did the author describe being hospitalized? How did the abuse sustained by the author help to form her opinion of oppression in Islam? Who was responsible for the majority of the abuse the author sustained?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss clan history and structure in Somalia and the figure of Farah Goure in the narrative. Why did Ayaan go to the clan leader? What was his decision? Why did the author decide to return to Somalia and how had it changed since her childhood?

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