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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the decision regarding Aisha, what did Maha say that shocked her parents?
(a) That she was a lesbian.
(b) That there was no God.
(c) That she would kill herself.
(d) That she was finally at peace with her life.

2. Who was Sultana, and what was her place in the Saudi royal family?
(a) She was a royal princess and Sultana is not her real name.
(b) She was an American married to a Saudi prince.
(c) She was actually a British writer named Jean Sasson.
(d) She was the 4th wife of King Fahd.

3. How did Sultana explain her reaction to seeing the dead men beneath the sheet in Makkah?
(a) She explained that God had sent her a message.
(b) She described the dream Kareem had.
(c) She said that she was hysterical with grief.
(d) She told them she was overly tired and not herself.

4. How were Sultana's "forgotten" people disadvantaged in Saudi Arabia?
(a) They were forbidden to leave the country.
(b) They were treated as second-class citizens and had no rights.
(c) They were not permitted any form of education.
(d) They were not allowed to work.

5. What type of outburst did Sultana have before the family left on the pilgrimage?
(a) It was about her lack of faith.
(b) It was about her disappointment in her marriage.
(c) It was about hating men.
(d) It was about her fear for her daughter's health.

6. What reason did Sultana give her children for the plight of women in Saudi Arabia?
(a) The commandments of the Koran.
(b) Instructions from the prophet long ago.
(c) Islamic tradition alone.
(d) The weakness of women and their inability to demand equality.

7. What did Sultana tell her children that the Koran says about equality of women?
(a) Even young boys are to have more rights than their own mothers simply because of their gender.
(b) Men and women are equal in the eyes of God and the prophet.
(c) Men have the great responsibility of protecting and caring for their wives.
(d) Women must serve men with joyful hearts.

8. What story about the Prophet Muhammad's attitude toward women did Kareem tell his children?
(a) The prophet wept when he heard of people burying their daughters alive.
(b) The prophet stood on a mountaintop and told the people that Allah desired that men should govern over women with kindness and love.
(c) The prophet spoke to the king in a dream and told him that Islamic women deserved equality.
(d) The prophet instructed a tribe of men to kill all females born to their family for 10 years.

9. What is the story about that Maha wrote in London?
(a) An American girl marries a Saudi man who is actually the Devil.
(b) A poor Yemeni houseboy tricks the Saudi royal family into believing he is one of their own.
(c) A harem girl has sex with a man who becomes a woman.
(d) A princess murders her husband and his nine other wives.

10. After Kareem confronted Noorah about her interactions with Maha, how did Sultana feel about Noorah's despair?
(a) Sultana took pleasure in Noorah's despair.
(b) Sultana was furious with Maha.
(c) Sultana was devastated that her mother-in-law was hurt.
(d) Sultana was angry with Kareem for causing his mother pain.

11. What was the purpose of Maha's trip to London in Chapter 3?
(a) To escape the oppression of women.
(b) To seek mental help.
(c) To study abroad.
(d) To avoid being stoned to death in her country.

12. What change in Amani occurred during the family's holy pilgrimage?
(a) She decided that she was confused about her path in life and what God wanted from her.
(b) She became depressed and withdrawn.
(c) She decided to reject religion completely.
(d) She became devoutly religious.

13. What unexpected, forbidden items did Sultana find among Maha's possessions when she was packing her things, at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Love letters from a depraved older man.
(c) Books on the occult and witchcraft.
(d) Pornography.

14. In Chapter 1, why did Kareem come home in an angry rush and Sultana feared that he had learned of her book?
(a) He was furious because he knows someone in the family has written an expose about the family.
(b) He was upset and worried because he just lost his job.
(c) He was angry because they have been summoned to Sultana's father's palace.
(d) He was worried because he heard a rumor that they were about to be arrested.

15. When Kareem and Sultana met with Aisha's father, what did the families decide about Maha and Aisha?
(a) That they should stop seeing each other.
(b) That Aisha should come and live with Maha's family where she would have a better life.
(c) That they should both go into therapy together.
(d) That Maha was a positive influence that Aisha really needed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Reema, from Yemen?

2. In the Prologue, why does Sultana study the photo of King Fahd?

3. During what season of the Muslim faith did Sultana and her family make the holy pilgrimage?

4. At the end of Chapter 6, what did Sultana hint about the future of the child for whom she prayed at the end of the family's pilgrimage?

5. Sultana recalls the sad story of which distant cousin whose plight was described in a Western documentary?

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