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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 instructed Sultana and Kareem to have Maha stoned to death.
(b) He called the religious police to deal with Maha.
(c) He denied the existence of both Maha and her sister.
(d) He sent Maha away to live in exile in Egypt.

2. 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) Take her to a psychiatrist.
(c) Send her to a boarding school.
(d) Lock her in her room in complete seclusion.

3. What unexpected, forbidden items did Sultana find among Maha's possessions when she was packing her things, at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Books on the occult and witchcraft.
(b) Love letters from a depraved older man.
(c) Pornography.
(d) Weapons.

4. After the decision regarding Aisha, what did Maha say that shocked her parents?
(a) That there was no God.
(b) That she was a lesbian.
(c) That she was finally at peace with her life.
(d) That she would kill herself.

5. What was Sultana's biggest worry with the publication of her first book?
(a) That her sisters would be punished for her actions.
(b) That the king would be angry with her.
(c) That she would be exiled from the country.
(d) That her identity would be revealed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Reema come to be married to Aisha's depraved father?

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

3. When her marriage to Aisha's father was over, what happened to Reema?

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

5. What did Sultana and Kareem discover that Maha was taking to work with her at the hospital?

(see the answer key)

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