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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. Sultana was upset and called her future husband's sister to tell her what?

2. What rumor was spreading about one woman?

3. What did the death of this prominent person prompt Asad to do?

4. Sultana was so happy in her new marriage that she did what?

5. What did Kareem's mother think about Sultana?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led Sultana to want to divorce Kareem?

2. Where did the couple go for their honeymoon?

3. What happened to this girl when her father was killed?

4. How did the country react to the king's death?

5. Describe Sultana's wedding ceremony.

6. How did Kareem and Sultana finally make up?

7. What did Sultana learn about female circumcision?

8. How did the nurse feel about this story? How did Sultana's reaction affect the nurse?

9. What happened when Hussein invaded Kuwait in late 1990?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sultana did not attempt to help women in need.

Part 1) Describe the events in which Sultana did not go to the aid of other women. Why did she not try to help them?

Part 2) What did this lack of help for women in need say about the Saudi Arabian culture? What did it reveal about the women of this culture?

Part 3) If you were Sultana, would you have tried to help these women? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Sultana's mother died.

Part 1) How did this affect Sultana? How did the rituals surrounding the death of a woman support the theme of oppression?

Part 2) What other women died in this story? Why? How did these deaths also support the theme of oppression?

Part 3) How is death a theme in this book? How is this related to the other themes?

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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