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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Maha's shocking statement at the end of Chapter 2 convince her parents to do?
(a) Send her to a boarding school.
(b) Lock her in her room in complete seclusion.
(c) Take her to a psychiatrist.
(d) Give her more freedoms because she showed great maturity.

2. During the purification process before the holy pilgrimage, what was the policy on cutting hair?
(a) The faithful would cut off a lock of their own hair as part of a ritual.
(b) Men were not permitted to cut their hair, but women and children were allowed.
(c) It was not allowed.
(d) Men's head must be shaved and women must have a haircut.

3. What did Sultana and Kareem discover that Maha was taking to work with her at the hospital?
(a) A pistol.
(b) Drugs.
(c) A Bible.
(d) Brass knuckles.

4. Who was Reema, from Yemen?
(a) One of Aisha's father's unfortunate brides.
(b) Maha's forbidden lover.
(c) Kareem's second wife.
(d) Sultana's youngest daughter.

5. When Sultana found unexpected, forbidden items among Maha's possessions, who did Sultana suspect had given them to her?
(a) Noorah.
(b) Aisha.
(c) Ali.
(d) Aisha's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Sultana confronted Kareem about his attitude toward the pilgrimage?

2. What family crisis changed the way Kareem felt about the pilgrimage?

3. What is the name of the time of purity that Sultana's Muslim family observed before making the holy pilgrimage?

4. How does Sultana remember King Fahd from his youth?

5. At age 10, to what did Maha set on fire?

(see the answer key)

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