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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unique attitude toward women's rights did Sultana's daughter Amani have?
(a) She had no feelings about the plight of women, and wanted only to obey the Koran.
(b) Unlike her mother, she looked forward to living her life under the control of her husband.
(c) She defended the old ways of Islam.
(d) She hated men for their cruelty toward women.

2. What is the name of the time of purity that Sultana's Muslim family observed before making the holy pilgrimage?
(a) Mecca.
(b) Ihram.
(c) Haj.
(d) Kabbah.

3. What dream did Kareem have that he tells Sultana was the reason behind his attitude toward the pilgrimage?
(a) He dreamed that his wife was kidnapped.
(b) He dreamed that his family was killed.
(c) He dreamed that he would be murdered if he allowed his family to attend the pilgrimage.
(d) He dreamed he was trampled to death.

4. What did Maha say was her reason for taking such an item (or items) with her to work?
(a) For protection from the police.
(b) It was the only free time she had away from her parents' watchful eyes.
(c) As an escape from the hardships of her life.
(d) To seem cool to the other workers at the hospital.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Sultana react when her father and brother began to read mockingly from her book?

2. Why did Sultana regret taking fourteen year old Amani on the holy pilgrimage at such an impressionable age?

3. What part in Abdullah's plan did Sultana actually play?

4. What did Kareem do to keep Abdullah from leaving the country?

5. What shameful secret about her cousin, Majed, did Amani learn and share with Sultana?

(see the answer key)

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