View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sultana recalls the sad story of which distant cousin whose plight was described in a Western documentary?
(a) Princess Maha.
(b) Princess Anani.
(c) Princess Noorah.
(d) Princess Misha'il.

2. What protection did the title of "princess" afford Sultana when it came to exposing her identity?
(a) She was safe from any harm or punishment because she was a part of the royal family.
(b) There were hundreds of princesses like her in the royal family.
(c) Anything she did wrong would be blamed on her husband.
(d) Princesses could get away with things that ordinary people could not.

3. At the same time that Sultana was dealing with problems with her children, what trouble was Sara having with her daughter, Nashwa?
(a) She began stealing.
(b) She was acting sexually suggestive toward the family's servants.
(c) She told her mother she was a lesbian.
(d) She became a religious extremist.

4. What family crisis changed the way Kareem felt about the pilgrimage?
(a) Kareem's decision to take a second wife.
(b) Maha's breakdown.
(c) Sultana's threat of divorce.
(d) Abdullah's run-in with the law.

5. What vow did Sultana make to herself as she fell asleep after dealing with Fatma's problem?
(a) She would fight against female circumcision.
(b) She was going to purify and cleanse herself to make things right with God.
(c) She would never again let Kareem ruin another innocent life.
(d) She would make sure that none of her servants' families were starving while she had so much.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Amani began to invite friends and extended family over for meetings, what was the purpose?

3. How does Sultana remember King Fahd from his youth?

4. When the sisters all gathered to remember their mother, they told Sultana that their mother thought Sultana was a thief. What did Sultana do then that made them all laugh?

5. What did Sultana do after she discovered Abdullah's motive and actions?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 508 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample