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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After reading Maha's story, what realization was made by her family?
(a) That she is fearful of marriage.
(b) That she is a lesbian.
(c) That she is in love with a boy below her social class.
(d) That she does not want to be circumcised.

2. What suspicions of Sultana did Kareem have after he discovered what Abdullah had stolen from the safe?
(a) He suspected that she was the real thief and wrongfully blamed her son.
(b) He suspected that Abdullah was simply following his mother's orders.
(c) He suspected that Maha was the real thief and Sultana was covering for her by blaming Abdullah.
(d) He suspected her of supplying the safe combination.

3. What did Sultana discover was missing from the safe when she checked it after Kareem called her?
(a) All of the cash was missing.
(b) A precious diamond and ruby necklace was missing.
(c) The passports for Abdullah and Maha were missing.
(d) All of the family's legal paperwork was missing.

4. Who was Sultana, and what was her place in the Saudi royal family?
(a) She was the 4th wife of King Fahd.
(b) She was actually a British writer named Jean Sasson.
(c) She was a royal princess and Sultana is not her real name.
(d) She was an American married to a Saudi prince.

5. To what city did Sultana and her family make the traditional pilgrimage of the Muslim faith?
(a) Jeddah.
(b) Mecca.
(c) Baharain.
(d) Riyadh.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What story about the Prophet Muhammad's attitude toward women did Kareem tell his children?

3. What group of people in Saudi Arabia did Sultana consider forgotten?

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

5. What injustice to women did the depraved father of Maha's friend, Aisha, commit?

(see the answer key)

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