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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Sultana view her son Abdullah's attitude toward women?
(a) He felt intimidated by women.
(b) He had contempt for women.
(c) He seemed to display a little chauvinism.
(d) He was supportive of women's rights.

2. Overall, what did Sultana think of Yousif, Kareem's childhood friend?
(a) He gave her hope that the men of Saudi Arabia could change.
(b) He was arrogant and rude, but basically a good man like Kareem.
(c) He represented the worst of the Muslim culture.
(d) She had great sympathy for him and his mission in life.

3. What became of Sultana's cousin at the end of her sad story?
(a) She lived out her life in complete seclusion in the women's room.
(b) She was stoned to death.
(c) She committed suicide when she lost all hope.
(d) She was shot before a firing squad.

4. How did Amani's family handle her animal obsession?
(a) They sent her to boarding school where animals were not allowed.
(b) They hid the animals to protect Amani from arrest and punishment.
(c) They built a small zoo and hired caretakers.
(d) They secretly took her animals during the night and told her they had been stolen.

5. What specific feelings toward women did Yousif express to Kareem?
(a) Thoughts that women are powerful, loving creatures.
(b) Feelings of inferiority toward most women.
(c) Islamic fundamentalist contempt of women.
(d) Feelings that women should be equal to men.

6. What impact on women's rights did the Gulf War have for the women of Saudi Arabia?
(a) The restrictions vanished for a short period of time.
(b) The war had little impact on women's rights.
(c) The restrictions became harsher.
(d) The restrictions were lessened.

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

8. To whom did the item (or items) that Maha was taking to work with her belong?
(a) Aisha.
(b) Ali.
(c) Kareem.
(d) Aisha's father.

9. How did Reema come to be married to Aisha's depraved father?
(a) She was a gift to Aisha's father because of a business deal.
(b) She was used by her father to pay a debt to Aisha's father.
(c) She was kidnapped at knifepoint by hired thieves.
(d) Her family was poor and was forced to sell her for money to feed his family.

10. What did Maha's shocking statement at the end of Chapter 2 convince her parents to do?
(a) Send her to a boarding school.
(b) Give her more freedoms because she showed great maturity.
(c) Lock her in her room in complete seclusion.
(d) Take her to a psychiatrist.

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

12. 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 she joined an extremist terrorist cult.
(c) She dreamed that Amani married and had a happy life.
(d) She dreamed that Amani would marry but be widowed at a young age.

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

14. What unique attitude toward women's rights did Sultana's daughter Amani have?
(a) She had no feelings about the plight of women, and wanted only to obey the Koran.
(b) Unlike her mother, she looked forward to living her life under the control of her husband.
(c) She defended the old ways of Islam.
(d) She hated men for their cruelty toward women.

15. How did Sultana explain her reaction to seeing the dead men beneath the sheet in Makkah?
(a) She described the dream Kareem had.
(b) She said that she was hysterical with grief.
(c) She explained that God had sent her a message.
(d) She told them she was overly tired and not herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. At age 10, to what did Maha set on fire?

2. How was the marriage of Kareem and Sultana affected by Sultana's book?

3. What Western documentary tells the sad story of Sultana's cousin?

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

5. How did Sultana fare during the purification process before the holy pilgrimage?

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