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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the sad story of Sultana's cousin, what was the main conflict?
(a) She was wrongly accused of adultery and held in the women's room until she died.
(b) She was an American trapped in Saudi Arabia and held against her will.
(c) She was married to an older man and took a forbidden lover.
(d) She was the 19th wife of an elderly Saudi man who abused her.

2. How did Sultana react when her father and brother began to read mockingly from her book?
(a) She was too frightened to respond.
(b) She was humiliated.
(c) She laughed out loud in relief.
(d) Her fear turned to anger.

3. While in London, how did Maha behave toward her family?
(a) She remained angry.
(b) She slowly accepted her situation.
(c) She was thrilled to be free from the oppression of Saudi Arabia.
(d) She refused to see any of them.

4. What did Maha say was her reason for taking such an item (or items) with her to work?
(a) To seem cool to the other workers at the hospital.
(b) It was the only free time she had away from her parents' watchful eyes.
(c) As an escape from the hardships of her life.
(d) For protection from the police.

5. Why did the family's arrival in London surprise the permanent staff at the family home?
(a) They were forced to keep their travel plans a secret.
(b) They forgot to call.
(c) The war had kept the family away for a couple of years.
(d) They arrived a month earlier than they had planned.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Sultana remember King Fahd from his youth?

3. What was Sultana's biggest worry with the publication of her first book?

4. What became of Sultana's cousin at the end of her sad story?

5. When Sultana found unexpected, forbidden items among Maha's possessions, who did Sultana suspect had given them to her?

(see the answer key)

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