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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What else did the family learn that Abdullah took from the family safe?
(a) A priceless ruby and diamond necklace.
(b) A gun.
(c) Nearly one million dollars.
(d) His father's identification and legal documents.

2. Who was Reema, from Yemen?
(a) Kareem's second wife.
(b) Sultana's youngest daughter.
(c) Maha's forbidden lover.
(d) One of Aisha's father's unfortunate brides.

3. What is the story about that Maha wrote in London?
(a) A princess murders her husband and his nine other wives.
(b) A poor Yemeni houseboy tricks the Saudi royal family into believing he is one of their own.
(c) A harem girl has sex with a man who becomes a woman.
(d) An American girl marries a Saudi man who is actually the Devil.

4. What became of Sultana's cousin at the end of her sad story?
(a) She lived out her life in complete seclusion in the women's room.
(b) She was shot before a firing squad.
(c) She was stoned to death.
(d) She committed suicide when she lost all hope.

5. What did Maha say was her reason for taking such an item (or items) with her to work?
(a) As an escape from the hardships of her life.
(b) For protection from the police.
(c) To seem cool to the other workers at the hospital.
(d) It was the only free time she had away from her parents' watchful eyes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After the family left Makkah after their pilgrimage, who was the man named Yousif that they met in the Valley of Mina?

3. Sultana recalls the sad story of which distant cousin whose plight was described in a Western documentary?

4. What did Sultana and Kareem discover that Maha was taking to work with her at the hospital?

5. Among the purification rituals before the holy pilgrimage, what was not allowed?

(see the answer key)

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