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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After the first day of the pilgrimage, what sounds did Sultana hear coming from Amani's room?
(a) The sound of loud and fervent prayer.
(b) The sound of chanting that Sultana associated with witchcraft.
(c) The sound of Maha and Amani arguing about the existence of God.
(d) The sound of animals that Amani and snuck along on the pilgrimage.

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

4. How did Amani's love of animals test her family's patience?
(a) They worried she would be arrested and stoned to death.
(b) She took in strays and fed them human food.
(c) She would only talk to the animals.
(d) She let them wander throughout the house, causing damage.

5. What horrible story, that shocked Kareem, did Yousif believe was not a crime?
(a) A man had seven wives, two of whom were his own daughters.
(b) A man poured scalding water down the throat of his baby daughter to kill her.
(c) A man wed teenage virgins, used them for sex and then divorced them instantly when he was bored of them.
(d) A man buried alive his unwanted children in the desert.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After arriving in London, where did Maha immediately go?

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

4. What happened after Kareem and Sultana confronted Amani and told her she needed to have passion for humans and not animals?

5. How did Sultana react when her father and brother began to read mockingly from her book?

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