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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what ways did Sultana hold the king responsible for the plight of the country's forgotten citizens?
(a) She did not hold him responsible.
(b) He did not exercise the power he had.
(c) He made daily rulings that kept the people supressed.
(d) He made excuses for being a poor leader and decision maker.

2. To whom in London did Maha feel comfortable speaking to, openly?
(a) Her psychiatrist.
(b) The family's elderly housekeeper.
(c) The king.
(d) Her grandmother.

3. 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 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 married girls as young as eleven as temporary brides and then unmarried them.

4. What is the name of the time of purity that Sultana's Muslim family observed before making the holy pilgrimage?
(a) Ihram.
(b) Haj.
(c) Mecca.
(d) Kabbah.

5. What family crisis changed the way Kareem felt about the pilgrimage?
(a) Sultana's threat of divorce.
(b) Maha's breakdown.
(c) Abdullah's run-in with the law.
(d) Kareem's decision to take a second wife.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After reading Maha's story, what realization was made by her family?

3. How did Sultana fare during the purification process before the holy pilgrimage?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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