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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This relative forced the girl to return home and do what?
(a) Marry him.
(b) Marry a neighbor.
(c) Marry a cousin.
(d) Marry an older man.

2. Huda was whom in Sultana's household?
(a) A seer.
(b) An old teacher.
(c) An old relative.
(d) An old servant.

3. Huda claimed that what would happen to Sara?
(a) She would marry again some day and have six children.
(b) She would die young.
(c) She would never be happy again.
(d) She would get married soon.

4. The young woman's father was killed and her care was left to _________ who did not have the same views as her father.
(a) An uncle.
(b) A brother.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) A cousin.

5. Why did Sultana decide to do this when she found she was pregnant?
(a) It was the only course of action open to her.
(b) She did not want Kareem's baby.
(c) She did not trust the hospitals in any other country.
(d) She wanted to be near her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the girl punished?

2. Did Kareem's mother like Sultana?

3. Sultana and Kareem moved into whose home?

4. What did Sultana and Kareem continue to do often in the weeks before the wedding?

5. How did the nurse react to this story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Kareem and Sultana at the beginning of their marriage.

2. What led to one of Kareem's brothers wanting to marry Sara?

3. How did the country react to the king's death?

4. How did Kareem and Sultana finally make up?

5. How did Sultana and her mother-in-law finally make up?

6. How did Sultana react to learning she was to be married?

7. What did Sultana learn about female circumcision?

8. What did Sultana learn about an old friend, prior to her friend's father's death?

9. How did Sultana feel in the "Epilogue?" Why did she feel this way?

10. How did the king die?

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