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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Sultana fear that Amani would turn out like her cousin Lawand?
(a) Amani looked exactl;y like Lawand.
(b) Amani was addicted to cocaine like Lawand was.
(c) Amani spent too much time with Lawand and hung on her every word.
(d) Lawand became a religious extremist and harrassed her family.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom in London did Maha feel comfortable speaking to, openly?

2. Why did Abdullah's best friend, Jafer, and a woman named Fayza have to elope to be together?

3. What is the story about that Maha wrote in London?

4. How did Amani's love of animals test her family's patience?

5. In the sad story of Sultana's cousin, what memorable act did the woman attempt?

(see the answer key)

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