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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the sad story of Sultana's cousin, what memorable act did the woman attempt?
(a) She kidnapped her driver at gunpoint and made him drive her to the airport.
(b) She contacted the authorities in the United States and begged them to rescue her.
(c) She told her husband she was going shopping and actually fled the country with only a passport and a few posessions.
(d) She faked her death and tried to escape the country dressed as a man.

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

4. 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 Maha and Amani arguing about the existence of God.
(d) The sound of chanting that Sultana associated with witchcraft.

5. During the trip to London, what is revealed about Maha's relationship with her grandmother, Noorah?
(a) Noorah planned to kidnap Maha to help her escape Saudi Arabia.
(b) Noorah had plotted with Maha to kill Sultana.
(c) Noorah was the only member of the family Maha trusted completely.
(d) Noorah taught Maha about the occult.

6. Why did Sultana regret taking fourteen year old Amani on the holy pilgrimage at such an impressionable age?
(a) She became paranoid that God did not love her.
(b) She became a religious fanatic.
(c) She announced that she no longer believed in God at all.
(d) She decided she was not meant to be a Muslim.

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

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

9. How did Sultana react when her father and brother began to read mockingly from her book?
(a) Her fear turned to anger.
(b) She was humiliated.
(c) She laughed out loud in relief.
(d) She was too frightened to respond.

10. How did Amani attempt to sabotage her family when they went hunting?
(a) She hid their car keys and made it impossible to leave.
(b) She refused to eat or speak until they agreed to cancel their hunting trip.
(c) She called the police and reported them.
(d) She dismantled their gins and threw ammunition away.

11. 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) Princesses could get away with things that ordinary people could not.
(d) She was safe from any harm or punishment because she was a part of the royal family.

12. When her marriage to Aisha's father was over, what happened to Reema?
(a) She was stoned to death in a private ceremony.
(b) She was married off as the second wife to a poor Yemeni tea boy.
(c) She was divorced and sent home to her family in shame.
(d) She was cast into the women's room to live in exile for the rest of her life.

13. What did Sultana and Kareem discover that Maha was taking to work with her at the hospital?
(a) Brass knuckles.
(b) A Bible.
(c) Drugs.
(d) A pistol.

14. When her father revealed a copy of Princess to the family, in which language was his copy written?
(a) English.
(b) Arabic.
(c) French.
(d) German.

15. During the family's holy pilgrimage, what was the significance of visiting Mount Arafat?
(a) It is considered the birthplace of Islam.
(b) It is where scientists believe the Kaaba was built.
(c) It was where Sultana and Kareem were wed.
(d) It was where the Prophet Muhammad gave his final sermon.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was Maha's relationship with Aisha?

4. At the end of Chapter 6, what did Sultana hint about the future of the child for whom she prayed at the end of the family's pilgrimage?

5. When Maha confirmed her family's suspicions about the story she wrote, what aspect of Saudi social life was revealed?

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