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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Maha?
(a) Ali's wife, who he eventually divorced three times.
(b) The first wife of King Fahd.
(c) Sultana's sister and closest friend.
(d) Sultana's middle child.

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

4. According to Sultana, what were the main duties of King Fahd?
(a) To establish order among the chaotic nation.
(b) To bring peace to war-torn Saudi Arabia.
(c) To rule over four distinct groups of citizens.
(d) To unify the people and eliminate class distinctions.

5. When Maha confirmed her family's suspicions about the story she wrote, what aspect of Saudi social life was revealed?
(a) With more royal females than males, Saudi princesses often fall in love with men that are considered below their social class.
(b) Strict segregation often leads to secret homosexuality.
(c) Young wives of elderly men often seek out romantic relationships with servants.
(d) Many Saudi men find trivial reasons to have unwanted wives murdered, legally.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Maha say was her reason for taking such an item (or items) with her to work?

2. In what ways did Sultana hold the king responsible for the plight of the country's forgotten citizens?

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

4. In Chapter 1, why did Kareem come home in an angry rush and Sultana feared that he had learned of her book?

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

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