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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the purity time before the holy pilgrimage, why was prayer important?
(a) To become clean.
(b) To be forgiven for sins.
(c) To ensure tranquility of the soul.
(d) To improve one's standing with Allah.

2. What protection did the title of "princess" afford Sultana when it came to exposing her identity?
(a) Anything she did wrong would be blamed on her husband.
(b) There were hundreds of princesses like her in the royal family.
(c) She was safe from any harm or punishment because she was a part of the royal family.
(d) Princesses could get away with things that ordinary people could not.

3. How did Amani's family handle her animal obsession?
(a) They hid the animals to protect Amani from arrest and punishment.
(b) They built a small zoo and hired caretakers.
(c) They secretly took her animals during the night and told her they had been stolen.
(d) They sent her to boarding school where animals were not allowed.

4. How did Reema come to be married to Aisha's depraved father?
(a) She was kidnapped at knifepoint by hired thieves.
(b) Her family was poor and was forced to sell her for money to feed his family.
(c) She was used by her father to pay a debt to Aisha's father.
(d) She was a gift to Aisha's father because of a business deal.

5. After the first day of the pilgrimage, what sounds did Sultana hear coming from Amani's room?
(a) The sound of Maha and Amani arguing about the existence of God.
(b) The sound of animals that Amani and snuck along on the pilgrimage.
(c) The sound of loud and fervent prayer.
(d) The sound of chanting that Sultana associated with witchcraft.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Amani attempt to sabotage her family when they went hunting?

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

4. When her marriage to Aisha's father was over, what happened to Reema?

5. What personal decision did Maha make after spying on a Saudi man through a peephole?

(see the answer key)

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