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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What threat to the pilgrimage made the family nervous about taking the trip?
(a) Threat of danger from Iranian radicals.
(b) The fear of Kareem's dream coming true.
(c) Sultana's high-risk pregnancy.
(d) Maha's unstable health.

2. How did Abdullah feel about the romance between Jafer and Fayza?
(a) He supported them and did everything he could to help them be together.
(b) He believed their love was doomed from the start.
(c) He was in love with Fayza and could not bear to see them together.
(d) He felt betrayed and helped Fayza's family family find them in France.

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

4. During the purity time before the holy pilgrimage, why was prayer important?
(a) To improve one's standing with Allah.
(b) To be forgiven for sins.
(c) To ensure tranquility of the soul.
(d) To become clean.

5. How did Amani attempt to sabotage her family when they went hunting?
(a) She dismantled their gins and threw ammunition away.
(b) She refused to eat or speak until they agreed to cancel their hunting trip.
(c) She hid their car keys and made it impossible to leave.
(d) She called the police and reported them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mission did Amani undertake with the family's staff of servants?

2. What injustice to women did the depraved father of Maha's friend, Aisha, commit?

3. How did Fayza's family get her back from Jafer?

4. Why did Sultana wonder if her daughter, Amani, and Sara's daughter, Nashwa, were switched at birth?

5. What dream did Kareem have that he tells Sultana was the reason behind his attitude toward the pilgrimage?

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