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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the sad story of Sultana's cousin, what memorable act did the woman attempt?
(a) She contacted the authorities in the United States and begged them to rescue her.
(b) She kidnapped her driver at gunpoint and made him drive her to the airport.
(c) She told her husband she was going shopping and actually fled the country with only a passport and a few posessions.
(d) She faked her death and tried to escape the country dressed as a man.

2. After viewing the notable event that occurred at the Plain of Mina, what did Amani refrain from later that evening?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Eating meat.
(c) Wearing her veil.
(d) Speaking.

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

4. What protection did the title of "princess" afford Sultana when it came to exposing her identity?
(a) Princesses could get away with things that ordinary people could not.
(b) She was safe from any harm or punishment because she was a part of the royal family.
(c) There were hundreds of princesses like her in the royal family.
(d) Anything she did wrong would be blamed on her husband.

5. What shameful secret about her cousin, Majed, did Amani learn and share with Sultana?
(a) Majed married two teenage virgins, used them for sex and divorced them one month later.
(b) Majed poured scalding water down the throat of his infant daughter to kill her.
(c) Majed raped a woman who was in a coma in the hospital.
(d) Majed was a homosexual.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After hearing Amani speak poorly of her family, why did Sultana lock the family's jewels in a safe?

3. A year after meeting Yousif after the pilgrimage, what did the family learn had happened to him?

4. When Kareem and Sultana talked to their children about women and their role in Saudi society, what was their main message?

5. In the Prologue, why does Sultana study the photo of King Fahd?

(see the answer key)

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