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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. Which of these describes the wedding ceremony?

2. What did women begin doing in Riyadh?

3. What did her husband quickly do?

4. Kareem called Sultana and asked what personal question?

5. The following day Asad announced what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Kareem do for Sultana to aid her in having their baby?

2. Describe Sultana's wedding ceremony.

3. How did the king die?

4. Describe Ali's return home and his behavior upon his return.

5. What did Sultana learn from a woman she met on the flight to London?

6. How did Kareem and Sultana finally make up?

7. How did Sultana and her mother-in-law finally make up?

8. What story did Sultana learn while in the hospital?

9. How did Sultana react to learning she was to be married?

10. What did Sultana learn about an old friend, prior to her friend's father's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marci told the horrific story of her friend, Madeline.

Part 1) Describe this story. How did it support the theme of oppression?

Part 2) How was this story even more shocking than some of the others? What did it reveal about both men and women in Saudi Arabia?

Part 3) Describe another time in history when the people of a culture or country ignored atrocities to protect themselves. How does this compare to what took place in Saudi Arabia?

Essay Topic 2

The king of Saudi Arabia died.

Part 1) Describe this king. How was his country affected by his death? How were Sultana and her family affected? Why?

Part 2) What global effects might be seen due to his death? Why?

Part 3) Is the death a U.S. president as significant as the death of a Saudi Arabian king? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Sultana traveled to Cairo.

Part 1) Describe this trip. Why was it significant?

Part 2) How did the events of this trip support a theme in this book?

Part 3) Where else did Sultana travel? How did this traveling affect her and her opinions about the role of men and women in Saudi Arabian society?

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