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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Sultana, and what was her place in the Saudi royal family?
(a) She was the 4th wife of King Fahd.
(b) She was an American married to a Saudi prince.
(c) She was a royal princess and Sultana is not her real name.
(d) She was actually a British writer named Jean Sasson.

2. After what event did Sultana and her family rest in their villa in Cairo?
(a) The holy pilgrimage to Makkah.
(b) The wedding of Fayza and Jafer.
(c) A family reunion.
(d) Abdullah's return to his family.

3. In Chapter 1, why did Kareem come home in an angry rush and Sultana feared that he had learned of her book?
(a) He was worried because he heard a rumor that they were about to be arrested.
(b) He was upset and worried because he just lost his job.
(c) He was angry because they have been summoned to Sultana's father's palace.
(d) He was furious because he knows someone in the family has written an expose about the family.

4. When Amani began to invite friends and extended family over for meetings, what was the purpose?
(a) For prayer.
(b) To practice witchcraft secretly.
(c) For planning a revolution.
(d) For discussing ways to look and dress more like Americans.

5. When Kareem and Sultana talked to their children about women and their role in Saudi society, what was their main message?
(a) Saudi society would never change unless they acted fast.
(b) Women in Saudi Arabia must always remain subserviant to men because it is what the Koran commands.
(c) Saudi society was changing and would become better for women.
(d) It was up to their children to bring the plight of women to the attention of the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what city did Sultana and her family make the traditional pilgrimage of the Muslim faith?

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

3. Worried, Kareem calls Sultana to check the family's safe for what?

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

5. How did Amani attempt to sabotage her family when they went hunting?

(see the answer key)

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