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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened when Sultana confronted Kareem about his attitude toward the pilgrimage?
(a) They decided that Sultana would go alone.
(b) Kareem forbade her to ever go with him.
(c) She begged him to allow her to go with him that year and he agreed.
(d) They got into a shouting and shoving match.

3. What did Maha's shocking statement at the end of Chapter 2 convince her parents to do?
(a) Take her to a psychiatrist.
(b) Send her to a boarding school.
(c) Lock her in her room in complete seclusion.
(d) Give her more freedoms because she showed great maturity.

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

5. Who was Jean Sasson?
(a) Sultana's most trusted servant.
(b) The author responsible for telling Sultana's story.
(c) An American wed to a Saudi prince.
(d) Sultana's real identity.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. When two men were trampled to death at Makkah, why did Sultana panic?

(see the answer key)

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