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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 defended the old ways of Islam.
(b) She hated men for their cruelty toward women.
(c) She had no feelings about the plight of women, and wanted only to obey the Koran.
(d) Unlike her mother, she looked forward to living her life under the control of her husband.

2. When her marriage to Aisha's father was over, what happened to Reema?
(a) She was divorced and sent home to her family in shame.
(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 married off as the second wife to a poor Yemeni tea boy.

3. During what season of the Muslim faith did Sultana and her family make the holy pilgrimage?
(a) Ramadan.
(b) Haj.
(c) Mecca.
(d) Lent.

4. What mission did Amani undertake with the family's staff of servants?
(a) To dispose of the family's jewels and riches by paying them to destroy or steal the family's property.
(b) To convert them all into proper Muslims.
(c) To get them all higher education by hiring tutors.
(d) To reunite them with the families they supported in other countries.

5. How does Sultana remember King Fahd from his youth?
(a) As a hateful and bullying child.
(b) As a handsome warrior.
(c) As a shy and fearful boy.
(d) As a kind and generous young man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What suspicions of Sultana did Kareem have after he discovered what Abdullah had stolen from the safe?

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

3. After viewing the notable event that occurred at the Plain of Mina, what did Amani refrain from later that evening?

4. During the family's holy pilgrimage, what notable event took place at the Plain of Mina?

5. What did Sultana tell her children that the Koran says about equality of women?

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