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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At age 11, why did Maha curse and swear at her grandfather?
(a) She had always hated her grandfather.
(b) She was jealous of the attention Abdullah received.
(c) Her grandfather was an evil man that harmed women.
(d) Her grandfather beat her and humiliated her.

2. In the Prologue, why does Sultana study the photo of King Fahd?
(a) He is her father.
(b) He has just died.
(c) He is her uncle and the king of Saudi Arabia.
(d) He is her nemesis.

3. In Chapter 1, why did Kareem come home in an angry rush and Sultana feared that he had learned of her book?
(a) He was angry because they have been summoned to Sultana's father's palace.
(b) He was upset and worried because he just lost his job.
(c) He was furious because he knows someone in the family has written an expose about the family.
(d) He was worried because he heard a rumor that they were about to be arrested.

4. What injustice to women did the depraved father of Maha's friend, Aisha, commit?
(a) He married girls as young as eleven as temporary brides and then unmarried them.
(b) He married several women at once and then stoned to death the ones who did not conceive within a year.
(c) He sent his wives to live in seclusion in the women's room when he was bored of them.
(d) He divorced his wives when they stopped being able to have children.

5. What group of people in Saudi Arabia did Sultana consider forgotten?
(a) The poor.
(b) The handicapped.
(c) The women.
(d) The children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Despite the fallout from her first book, why did Sultana know in her heart that the book needed to be written?

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

3. To whom did the item (or items) that Maha was taking to work with her belong?

4. According to Sultana, what were the main duties of King Fahd?

5. At age 10, to what did Maha set on fire?

(see the answer key)

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