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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. No one would do anything about Ali, because Sultana's father did not see the harm in what?
(a) Ali's humor.
(b) Ali's lack of an education.
(c) Ali's laziness.
(d) Ali's cruel habits.

2. One afternoon Sultana and Sara returned early from a shopping trip and found Ali and Hadi doing what?
(a) Raping a young girl.
(b) Stealing from the hotel.
(c) Doing drugs.
(d) Swimming in the pool.

3. How was the marriage beneficial to Father?
(a) The groom loved Sara and would care for her.
(b) The groom was very kind.
(c) The groom was a good friend of the family.
(d) The groom was a member of a leading merchant family.

4. Father forced Ali to attend mosque _______ times a day for a year, something he was loath to do.
(a) Three.
(b) Eight.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

5. When Ali wrangled an invitation to go on the trip as well, how did Sultana feel?
(a) She was excited.
(b) She was surprised.
(c) She was enraged.
(d) She was disappointed.

6. Which of these describes Father's new wife?
(a) She was young and enthusiastic.
(b) She was young and frightened.
(c) She was old and crippled.
(d) She was young and immature.

7. Why did Nura respond this way?
(a) She may not have been believed.
(b) The police would take care of the two boys.
(c) Father would not approve of this behavior.
(d) The child's mother sold her to Ali to be used this way.

8. Who was the smartest of all the siblings?
(a) Nura, Sultana's older sister.
(b) Safwana, Sultana's youngest sister.
(c) Sara, Sultana's closest sister.
(d) Aara, Sultana's younger sister.

9. What would Nadia and Wafa do?
(a) Approach foreign men and ask them if they wanted to meet in their apartments.
(b) Teach reading and writing to other women.
(c) Make beautiful artwork and sell it in the market.
(d) Perform music and dance for their father's friends.

10. What would Sultana eventually get?
(a) A career abroad.
(b) A job.
(c) A masters degree.
(d) A college degree.

11. The husband's mother came to the hospital and complained about what?
(a) Sara's behavior.
(b) Sara was shaming her family.
(c) Sara's cooking.
(d) Sara was not providing any children.

12. What did Wafa's father immediately do?
(a) He arranged for Wafa to be married.
(b) He arranged for Wafa to be put into a convent.
(c) He arranged for Wafa to be exiled.
(d) He arranged for Wafa to be killed.

13. Sultana's mother managed to convince Sultana's father to allow whom to be educated?
(a) All of the sons.
(b) Their younger daughters.
(c) Their oldest daughters.
(d) All of the daughters.

14. Sultana's father was the son of whom?
(a) Abdul Gaddy.
(b) Abdul Jabbar.
(c) Abdul Aziz.
(d) Abdullah Ibrahim.

15. To whom is Sara to be married?
(a) A man more than twice her age.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) A man she has known her entire life.
(d) A man who is younger than her.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sultana's father arrived, her mother insisted that he allow Sara to do what?

2. For what would Sultana always be grateful?

3. How did Mother react to Sara's mother-in-law?

4. Sara's marriage had already been made between whom?

5. Why did the king's brothers want him to step down?

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