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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news of Reema did the family learn when they arrived in Monaco?
(a) She had been brutally attacked by her husband.
(b) She had been raped while out shopping.
(c) She had stolen money and escaped from her abusive husband.
(d) she was suspected of cheating on her husband.

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

3. Where did Sultana and her sisters go to visit Reema?
(a) Her home.
(b) A women's shelter.
(c) A clinic.
(d) The home of her lover.

4. What news did Fatma bring Sultana the day after Sultana helped her with a problem?
(a) Her granddaughter had been circumcised the evening before.
(b) Her husband had died overnight from lack of medical care.
(c) Her daughter had changed her mind and called off the circumcision.
(d) She was quitting and would no longer work for Sultana's family.

5. Why did the family servant, Fatma, begin wailing and praying while she prepared the family's supper?
(a) She was worried that Kareem was going to fire her the next day.
(b) Her granddaughter was to be circumcised that night.
(c) She knew Sultana's secret and it was tearing her up inside.
(d) Her family in Cairo was starving and she was powerless to help them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kareem do to keep Abdullah from leaving the country?

2. How did Sultana's daughters react to the stories she told them on the plane?

3. What was Sultana's biggest worry with the publication of her first book?

4. What memorable event happened during a tense dinner with Sultana, Sara and their cousin, Lawand?

5. Why did Sultana enjoy spending time at the family's vacation home in Jeddah?

(see the answer key)

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