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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Sultana's upbringing different from those of her children?
(a) Sultana grew up in a time of great poverty.
(b) Sultana's father and mother were strictly religious.
(c) Sultana's mother died during childbirth so she never knew a mother's love.
(d) Sultana grew up in a boarding school in Switzerland.

2. Before the family's pilgrimage in Chapter 4, how often had they made the trip as a group, previously?
(a) Once every decade.
(b) Never.
(c) Only once when the children were small.
(d) Every year.

3. Among the purification rituals before the holy pilgrimage, what was not allowed?
(a) Wearing of perfume, jewelry or makeup.
(b) Travel outside the country.
(c) Eating during the daytime.
(d) Work.

4. Sultana recalls the sad story of which distant cousin whose plight was described in a Western documentary?
(a) Princess Anani.
(b) Princess Maha.
(c) Princess Misha'il.
(d) Princess Noorah.

5. When Kareem and Sultana met with Aisha's father, what did the families decide about Maha and Aisha?
(a) That Aisha should come and live with Maha's family where she would have a better life.
(b) That they should stop seeing each other.
(c) That Maha was a positive influence that Aisha really needed.
(d) That they should both go into therapy together.

Short Answer Questions

1. What specific feelings toward women did Yousif express to Kareem?

2. While in London, how did Maha behave toward her family?

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

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

5. After the family left Makkah after their pilgrimage, who was the man named Yousif that they met in the Valley of Mina?

(see the answer key)

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