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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. What unique attitude toward women's rights did Sultana's daughter Amani have?
2. What was Sultana's biggest worry with the publication of her first book?
3. After the family left Makkah after their pilgrimage, who was the man named Yousif that they met in the Valley of Mina?
4. When Maha confirmed her family's suspicions about the story she wrote, what aspect of Saudi social life was revealed?
5. How does King Fahd look to Sultana in the photo?
Short Essay Questions
1. At the end of the family's holy pilgrimage, Sultana had great worries about Amani's future. Explain why Sultana feared that Amani might become a religious extremist?
2. Describe Sultana's experience of purification before the holy pilgrimage.
3. Describe how a poor Yemeni girl named Reema fell into the clutches of Aisha's depraved father and fell victim to the mut'a.
4. As Sultana gazed upon a photo of her uncle, the king of Saudi Arabia, Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz, what thoughts and feelings did she have about the man's character?
5. Describe Kareem's dream about the holy pilgrimage.
6. How did Kareem react to the news about Maha that was revealed in London?
7. Describe what happened after Sultana and Kareem discovered that Maha had taken a pistol to work with her.
8. When Kareem bumped into an old friend from school name Yousif, he discovered that the man was quite different from the boy he knew. Explain Yousif's opinion of women in Saudi Arabia and describe Kareem's reaction to learning about his old friend's ideas about right and wrong.
9. Explain mut'a, the cruel and selfish custom practiced by the depraved father of Maha's friend, Aisha.
10. What types of stories did Sultana tell her daughters on the plane, and how did they react?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the book, stories of horrific acts against women are told. Recall the actions and attitudes toward women of two men, Ali and Yousif, and explain how each of them felt toward women and their role in Saudi society. How are they the same? How are they different?
Essay Topic 2
Early in the book, Sultana wondered if her daughter, Maha, and her sister Sara's daughter, Nashwa, had been switched at birth. What similarities to Sara did Maha display as a child? What similarities to Sultana did Nashwa display as a young adult?
Essay Topic 3
Explain the conflict that prohibited Jafer and Fayza from being together. What social obstacles did they have to avoid and overcome in order to be together? What did they finally have to do to prove that they would do anything to be together?
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