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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sultana tell her children that the Koran says about equality of women?
(a) Even young boys are to have more rights than their own mothers simply because of their gender.
(b) Men have the great responsibility of protecting and caring for their wives.
(c) Men and women are equal in the eyes of God and the prophet.
(d) Women must serve men with joyful hearts.

2. What was Maha's relationship with Aisha?
(a) They were secret lovers.
(b) Aisha was Maha's illegitimate child who was born in secret.
(c) Aisha was the family's London housekeeper in whom Maha confided.
(d) Maha helped Aisha escape from her abusive elderly husband.

3. What is the story about that Maha wrote in London?
(a) A harem girl has sex with a man who becomes a woman.
(b) A princess murders her husband and his nine other wives.
(c) An American girl marries a Saudi man who is actually the Devil.
(d) A poor Yemeni houseboy tricks the Saudi royal family into believing he is one of their own.

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

5. After the holy pilgrimage, how did Amani's clothing change?
(a) She wore short skirts and revealing tops at home.
(b) She wore the dark, thick clothing of a fundamentalist.
(c) She refused to wear her veil in public.
(d) She worried that everything she owned was too ugly.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the sad story of Sultana's cousin, what memorable act did the woman attempt?

2. What was Sultana's fervent prayer for the child about whom she was worried at the end of their pilgrimage?

3. To whom in London did Maha feel comfortable speaking to, openly?

4. What type of outburst did Sultana have before the family left on the pilgrimage?

5. Why did the family's arrival in London surprise the permanent staff at the family home?

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