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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened after Kareem and Sultana confronted Amani and told her she needed to have passion for humans and not animals?
(a) She became angry and more fanatic than ever.
(b) She became depressed and released all the animals from their cages.
(c) She threatened to kill herself.
(d) She calmed down and became less fanatic.

2. Why did the family's arrival in London surprise the permanent staff at the family home?
(a) They were forced to keep their travel plans a secret.
(b) They arrived a month earlier than they had planned.
(c) The war had kept the family away for a couple of years.
(d) They forgot to call.

3. Before the family's pilgrimage in Chapter 4, how often had they made the trip as a group, previously?
(a) Never.
(b) Every year.
(c) Only once when the children were small.
(d) Once every decade.

4. What story about the Prophet Muhammad's attitude toward women did Kareem tell his children?
(a) The prophet wept when he heard of people burying their daughters alive.
(b) The prophet spoke to the king in a dream and told him that Islamic women deserved equality.
(c) The prophet stood on a mountaintop and told the people that Allah desired that men should govern over women with kindness and love.
(d) The prophet instructed a tribe of men to kill all females born to their family for 10 years.

5. What was Maha's relationship with Aisha?
(a) They were secret lovers.
(b) Aisha was Maha's illegitimate child who was born in secret.
(c) Aisha was the family's London housekeeper in whom Maha confided.
(d) Maha helped Aisha escape from her abusive elderly husband.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What specific feelings toward women did Yousif express to Kareem?

3. How did Sultana explain her reaction to seeing the dead men beneath the sheet in Makkah?

4. After the family's holy pilgrimage, they wished to return to Riyadh, but what forced them to delay the trip home?

5. Why did Sultana enjoy spending time at the family's vacation home in Jeddah?

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