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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news did Fatma bring Sultana the day after Sultana helped her with a problem?
(a) She was quitting and would no longer work for Sultana's family.
(b) Her daughter had changed her mind and called off the circumcision.
(c) Her husband had died overnight from lack of medical care.
(d) Her granddaughter had been circumcised the evening before.

2. What help did Fatma seek from Sultana?
(a) She wanted money to guarantee her silence.
(b) She wanted Sultana to send food and medicine to Fatma's family in Cairo.
(c) She wanted protection from Kareem, whom she feared.
(d) She thought her family would listen to the princess.

3. After the family left Makkah after their pilgrimage, who was the man named Yousif that they met in the Valley of Mina?
(a) A messenger from King Fahd bearing sad news.
(b) Maha's fiance.
(c) Kareem's old school friend.
(d) Sultana's lover from years before.

4. What warning did Fatma share with Sultana because of a dream she had?
(a) That her daughter, Amani, was becoming an extremist religious terrorist.
(b) That Sultana must cool her anger over women's issues or face great unhappiness.
(c) That Sultana must pack immediately and leave Cairo to be safe.
(d) That Kareem was a bad man and she must be watchful and wary of him.

5. What change in Amani occurred during the family's holy pilgrimage?
(a) She decided that she was confused about her path in life and what God wanted from her.
(b) She became devoutly religious.
(c) She became depressed and withdrawn.
(d) She decided to reject religion completely.

Short Answer Questions

1. After viewing the notable event that occurred at the Plain of Mina, what did Amani refrain from later that evening?

2. After Kareem confronted Noorah about her interactions with Maha, how did Sultana feel about Noorah's despair?

3. Why did Sultana blame Saudi society for Jafer and Fayza's decision to elope?

4. What was Kareem's condition and attitude when Sultana returned home with Fatma?

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

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