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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Prologue, why does Sultana study the photo of King Fahd?
(a) He is her uncle and the king of Saudi Arabia.
(b) He has just died.
(c) He is her nemesis.
(d) He is her father.

2. In the sad story of Sultana's cousin, what was the main conflict?
(a) She was wrongly accused of adultery and held in the women's room until she died.
(b) She was the 19th wife of an elderly Saudi man who abused her.
(c) She was married to an older man and took a forbidden lover.
(d) She was an American trapped in Saudi Arabia and held against her will.

3. What impact on women's rights did the Gulf War have for the women of Saudi Arabia?
(a) The war had little impact on women's rights.
(b) The restrictions became harsher.
(c) The restrictions vanished for a short period of time.
(d) The restrictions were lessened.

4. What protection did the title of "princess" afford Sultana when it came to exposing her identity?
(a) She was safe from any harm or punishment because she was a part of the royal family.
(b) Anything she did wrong would be blamed on her husband.
(c) There were hundreds of princesses like her in the royal family.
(d) Princesses could get away with things that ordinary people could not.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What threat to the pilgrimage made the family nervous about taking the trip?

2. When her father revealed a copy of Princess to the family, in which language was his copy written?

3. After reading Maha's story, what realization was made by her family?

4. Who was Jean Sasson?

5. How did Reema come to be married to Aisha's depraved father?

(see the answer key)

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