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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the purification process before the holy pilgrimage, what was the policy on cutting hair?
(a) Men were not permitted to cut their hair, but women and children were allowed.
(b) The faithful would cut off a lock of their own hair as part of a ritual.
(c) Men's head must be shaved and women must have a haircut.
(d) It was not allowed.

2. What group of people in Saudi Arabia did Sultana consider forgotten?
(a) The women.
(b) The children.
(c) The poor.
(d) The handicapped.

3. At age 11, why did Maha curse and swear at her grandfather?
(a) She was jealous of the attention Abdullah received.
(b) Her grandfather was an evil man that harmed women.
(c) Her grandfather beat her and humiliated her.
(d) She had always hated her grandfather.

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

5. What was the result of Maha's cursing and swearing at her grandfather?
(a) He called the religious police to deal with Maha.
(b) He instructed Sultana and Kareem to have Maha stoned to death.
(c) He sent Maha away to live in exile in Egypt.
(d) He denied the existence of both Maha and her sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Maha's relationship with Aisha?

2. To what city did Sultana and her family make the traditional pilgrimage of the Muslim faith?

3. Who was Sultana, and what was her place in the Saudi royal family?

4. How did Sultana react when her father and brother began to read mockingly from her book?

5. With the publication of her first book, Princess, what was Sultana's biggest regret?

(see the answer key)

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