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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Maha react to the decision regarding her relationship with Aisha?
(a) She was irritated, but understanding.
(b) She was worried that it was a bad idea.
(c) She was furious.
(d) She was an excited as Aisha.

2. When Kareem and Sultana talked to their children about women and their role in Saudi society, what was their main message?
(a) Saudi society would never change unless they acted fast.
(b) It was up to their children to bring the plight of women to the attention of the world.
(c) Saudi society was changing and would become better for women.
(d) Women in Saudi Arabia must always remain subserviant to men because it is what the Koran commands.

3. What reason did Sultana give her children for the plight of women in Saudi Arabia?
(a) The weakness of women and their inability to demand equality.
(b) The commandments of the Koran.
(c) Islamic tradition alone.
(d) Instructions from the prophet long ago.

4. When her marriage to Aisha's father was over, what happened to Reema?
(a) She was married off as the second wife to a poor Yemeni tea boy.
(b) She was stoned to death in a private ceremony.
(c) She was cast into the women's room to live in exile for the rest of her life.
(d) She was divorced and sent home to her family in shame.

5. After hearing Amani speak poorly of her family, why did Sultana lock the family's jewels in a safe?
(a) She was afraid Amani would sell them for money to help her escape Saudi Arabia.
(b) Amani had threatened to give them to the poor.
(c) Sultana was worried that Amani would destroy them in a rage.
(d) Amani was stealing from everyone in the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What personal decision did Maha make after spying on a Saudi man through a peephole?

2. A year after meeting Yousif after the pilgrimage, what did the family learn had happened to him?

3. During what season of the Muslim faith did Sultana and her family make the holy pilgrimage?

4. Why did Sultana enjoy spending time at the family's vacation home in Jeddah?

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

(see the answer key)

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