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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Kareem feel about what Abdullah did with the additional item/s he took from the family safe?
(a) He was disappointed and could not understand Abdullah's motive.
(b) He was ashamed of his son.
(c) He was angry but proud of his son's sense of charity.
(d) He was happy with Abdullah's decisions.

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

3. How did Sultana explain divorce in Saudi Arabia?
(a) As a woman's only chance at a good life.
(b) As impossible for women to attain.
(c) As a means of oppressing women.
(d) As the only way that men and women become equal.

4. 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 felt betrayed and helped Fayza's family family find them in France.
(c) He was in love with Fayza and could not bear to see them together.
(d) He believed their love was doomed from the start.

5. After the decision regarding Aisha, what did Maha say that shocked her parents?
(a) That there was no God.
(b) That she was finally at peace with her life.
(c) That she was a lesbian.
(d) That she would kill herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What became of Sultana's cousin at the end of her sad story?

2. What would have happened to Reema if she ever officially divorced her husband?

3. Despite the fallout from her first book, why did Sultana know in her heart that the book needed to be written?

4. What dream did Sultana have about Amani's future?

5. When Sultana found unexpected, forbidden items among Maha's possessions, who did Sultana suspect had given them to her?

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