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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Sultana regret taking fourteen year old Amani on the holy pilgrimage at such an impressionable age?
(a) She decided she was not meant to be a Muslim.
(b) She announced that she no longer believed in God at all.
(c) She became a religious fanatic.
(d) She became paranoid that God did not love her.

2. Among the purification rituals before the holy pilgrimage, what was not allowed?
(a) Eating during the daytime.
(b) Travel outside the country.
(c) Wearing of perfume, jewelry or makeup.
(d) Work.

3. To whom did the item (or items) that Maha was taking to work with her belong?
(a) Kareem.
(b) Ali.
(c) Aisha.
(d) Aisha's father.

4. Despite the fallout from her first book, why did Sultana know in her heart that the book needed to be written?
(a) Because Saudi men needed to be called out for their injustices toward women.
(b) The book exposed the plight of the nation's poor, who suffer while so many are rich.
(c) The children of Saudi Arabia needed a voice, and Sultana was that voice.
(d) It brought world-wide attention to the corruption of the government.

5. When two men were trampled to death at Makkah, why did Sultana panic?
(a) She last saw her nephew at the spot where the men were killed.
(b) She could not find her son.
(c) She feared that one of the men was Kareem,
(d) She had a dream that someone she loved would soon die.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Maha confirmed her family's suspicions about the story she wrote, what aspect of Saudi social life was revealed?

2. When her marriage to Aisha's father was over, what happened to Reema?

3. What did Maha's shocking statement at the end of Chapter 2 convince her parents to do?

4. Arriving at the location of the holy pilgrimage, what was the name of the tent city the family encountered?

5. What was the purpose of Maha's trip to London in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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