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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What dream did Sultana have about Amani's future?
(a) She dreamed that Amani ran away and never again spoke to her.
(b) She dreamed that Amani married and had a happy life.
(c) She dreamed that she joined an extremist terrorist cult.
(d) She dreamed that Amani would marry but be widowed at a young age.

2. Among the purification rituals before the holy pilgrimage, what was not allowed?
(a) Travel outside the country.
(b) Eating during the daytime.
(c) Work.
(d) Wearing of perfume, jewelry or makeup.

3. What threat to the pilgrimage made the family nervous about taking the trip?
(a) Threat of danger from Iranian radicals.
(b) Maha's unstable health.
(c) Sultana's high-risk pregnancy.
(d) The fear of Kareem's dream coming true.

4. Who was Jean Sasson?
(a) Sultana's most trusted servant.
(b) Sultana's real identity.
(c) The author responsible for telling Sultana's story.
(d) An American wed to a Saudi prince.

5. What was the result of Maha's cursing and swearing at her grandfather?
(a) He instructed Sultana and Kareem to have Maha stoned to death.
(b) He denied the existence of both Maha and her sister.
(c) He sent Maha away to live in exile in Egypt.
(d) He called the religious police to deal with Maha.

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

7. What horrible story, that shocked Kareem, did Yousif believe was not a crime?
(a) A man buried alive his unwanted children in the desert.
(b) A man had seven wives, two of whom were his own daughters.
(c) A man poured scalding water down the throat of his baby daughter to kill her.
(d) A man wed teenage virgins, used them for sex and then divorced them instantly when he was bored of them.

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

9. How did Kareem's dream about the pilgrimage hinder him?
(a) He could not overcome the fear it caused.
(b) The dream made him angry and certain about how to handle the situation.
(c) He knew it was a message to him about what to do.
(d) He thought it was Allah's will that he obey the dream.

10. When Maha confirmed her family's suspicions about the story she wrote, what aspect of Saudi social life was revealed?
(a) Young wives of elderly men often seek out romantic relationships with servants.
(b) Many Saudi men find trivial reasons to have unwanted wives murdered, legally.
(c) Strict segregation often leads to secret homosexuality.
(d) With more royal females than males, Saudi princesses often fall in love with men that are considered below their social class.

11. After the first day of the pilgrimage, what sounds did Sultana hear coming from Amani's room?
(a) The sound of loud and fervent prayer.
(b) The sound of animals that Amani and snuck along on the pilgrimage.
(c) The sound of chanting that Sultana associated with witchcraft.
(d) The sound of Maha and Amani arguing about the existence of God.

12. What type of outburst did Sultana have before the family left on the pilgrimage?
(a) It was about her fear for her daughter's health.
(b) It was about her lack of faith.
(c) It was about her disappointment in her marriage.
(d) It was about hating men.

13. After reading Maha's story, what realization was made by her family?
(a) That she is in love with a boy below her social class.
(b) That she does not want to be circumcised.
(c) That she is a lesbian.
(d) That she is fearful of marriage.

14. What injustice to women did the depraved father of Maha's friend, Aisha, commit?
(a) He divorced his wives when they stopped being able to have children.
(b) He sent his wives to live in seclusion in the women's room when he was bored of them.
(c) He married several women at once and then stoned to death the ones who did not conceive within a year.
(d) He married girls as young as eleven as temporary brides and then unmarried them.

15. To what city did Sultana and her family make the traditional pilgrimage of the Muslim faith?
(a) Baharain.
(b) Mecca.
(c) Jeddah.
(d) Riyadh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unique attitude toward women's rights did Sultana's daughter Amani have?

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

3. What was the purpose of Maha's trip to London in Chapter 3?

4. Why did the family's arrival in London surprise the permanent staff at the family home?

5. In what ways did Sultana hold the king responsible for the plight of the country's forgotten citizens?

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