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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Sultana fare during the purification process before the holy pilgrimage?
(a) She devoted herself to the idea and had only a little trouble.
(b) She suffered a nervous breakdown.
(c) She struggled greatly.
(d) She knew she would fail, so she refused to begin the process.

2. What did Maha say was her reason for taking such an item (or items) with her to work?
(a) It was the only free time she had away from her parents' watchful eyes.
(b) As an escape from the hardships of her life.
(c) For protection from the police.
(d) To seem cool to the other workers at the hospital.

3. What did Maha's shocking statement at the end of Chapter 2 convince her parents to do?
(a) Give her more freedoms because she showed great maturity.
(b) Lock her in her room in complete seclusion.
(c) Send her to a boarding school.
(d) Take her to a psychiatrist.

4. What threat to the pilgrimage made the family nervous about taking the trip?
(a) The fear of Kareem's dream coming true.
(b) Sultana's high-risk pregnancy.
(c) Threat of danger from Iranian radicals.
(d) Maha's unstable health.

5. What was Amani like as a child?
(a) Fearful and often worried she was not good enough.
(b) Sickly and always in the hospital.
(c) Quiet and studied a lot.
(d) Loud and obnoxious.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the decision regarding Aisha, what did Maha say that shocked her parents?

2. In Chapter 1, why did Kareem come home in an angry rush and Sultana feared that he had learned of her book?

3. When Kareem and Sultana met with Aisha's father, what did the families decide about Maha and Aisha?

4. How does Sultana remember King Fahd from his youth?

5. In what ways did Sultana hold the king responsible for the plight of the country's forgotten citizens?

(see the answer key)

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