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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the result of Maha's cursing and swearing at her grandfather?
(a) He sent Maha away to live in exile in Egypt.
(b) He denied the existence of both Maha and her sister.
(c) He called the religious police to deal with Maha.
(d) He instructed Sultana and Kareem to have Maha stoned to death.

2. Who was Sultana, and what was her place in the Saudi royal family?
(a) She was an American married to a Saudi prince.
(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 the 4th wife of King Fahd.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the decision regarding Aisha, what did Maha say that shocked her parents?

2. How was the marriage of Kareem and Sultana affected by Sultana's book?

3. When her father revealed a copy of Princess to the family, in which language was his copy written?

4. What impact on women's rights did the Gulf War have for the women of Saudi Arabia?

5. In the Prologue, why does Sultana study the photo of King Fahd?

(see the answer key)

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