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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the aftermath of Abdullah's plan?
(a) Abdullah was arrested but his royal status limited the punishment he would receive.
(b) Abdullah denied his involvement in the plan and blamed Sultana for everything.
(c) Fayza's father saw how grief-stricken his daughter was and allowed her to marry Jafer.
(d) Abdullah admitted to his thievery and returned all the family treasures.

2. How did Reema look when Sultana and her sisters came to visit her?
(a) Sickly and scared.
(b) Angry and wanting revenge.
(c) Excited and happy.
(d) Worried but content.

3. After hearing Amani speak poorly of her family, why did Sultana lock the family's jewels in a safe?
(a) Amani had threatened to give them to the poor.
(b) Amani was stealing from everyone in the family.
(c) Sultana was worried that Amani would destroy them in a rage.
(d) She was afraid Amani would sell them for money to help her escape Saudi Arabia.

4. In the aftermath of Abdullah's grand plan, how did Sultana feel about Kareem?
(a) She realized that she was wrong and begged him to forgive her.
(b) She believed he was hard-headed and old-fashioned, but she was lucky to have him.
(c) She felt that his betrayal was the "final straw" and made plans to divorce him.
(d) She was furious with him for his suspicions and threateded to leave him.

5. How was Sultana's upbringing different from those of her children?
(a) Sultana grew up in a time of great poverty.
(b) Sultana's mother died during childbirth so she never knew a mother's love.
(c) Sultana grew up in a boarding school in Switzerland.
(d) Sultana's father and mother were strictly religious.

6. What was Kareem's condition and attitude when Sultana returned home with Fatma?
(a) He was peaceful and serene, unaware that there was a problem.
(b) He was angry and sulking.
(c) He was feeling guilty and apologetic.
(d) He was drunk and combative.

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

8. Worried, Kareem calls Sultana to check the family's safe for what?
(a) The family jewels.
(b) The children's passports.
(c) His father's will.
(d) A large sum of American dollars.

9. When Amani began to invite friends and extended family over for meetings, what was the purpose?
(a) For prayer.
(b) To practice witchcraft secretly.
(c) For discussing ways to look and dress more like Americans.
(d) For planning a revolution.

10. How did Jafer and Fayza meet?
(a) At a chance meeting at Kareem's law firm.
(b) Abdullah introduced them.
(c) At the souk (public market).
(d) They were neighbors and grew up together.

11. 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 granddaughter had been circumcised the evening before.
(c) Her husband had died overnight from lack of medical care.
(d) Her daughter had changed her mind and called off the circumcision.

12. What circumstances led up to Reema's situation?
(a) She fell in love with her driver, who was kind to her, unlike her abusive husband.
(b) She had planned for years to leave her husband if he ever hit her, which he did one night after getting drunk and gambling.
(c) She had received threatening notes and phone calls for several weeks leading up to the attack.
(d) Her husband grew increasingly violent and raped her one night after watching pornography.

13. As Amani began to change after the family's holy pilgrimage, how did she feel about her family?
(a) She thought they were ostentatious sinners.
(b) She thought they were mocked and ridiculed by the rest of the family.
(c) She thought they were small-minded and unable to sympathize with her need to leave Saudi Arabia.
(d) She thought they were old-fashioned and needed to embrace the Western world.

14. How did Fayza's family get her back from Jafer?
(a) The family hired a private investigator who found them and kidnapped Fayza after drugging Jafer.
(b) They tracked them down, knocked out Jafer and took Fayza by force.
(c) They negotiated over the phone with the couple and they agreed to return home.
(d) Fayza felt guilty for going against her family and begged Jafer to allow her to go home and face her punishment.

15. How did Sultana describe Reema's appearance and demeanor?
(a) Exceptionally beautiful, but very cruel.
(b) Not a single attractive feature, but caring and cheerful.
(c) Ugly inside and out.
(d) Very thin and ugly, but shy and sweet.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the same time that Sultana was dealing with problems with her children, what trouble was Sara having with her daughter, Nashwa?

2. Why was the family's time in Jeddah less enjoyable because of Amani?

3. Why did the family servant, Fatma, begin wailing and praying while she prepared the family's supper?

4. As Sultana's brother, Ali, drove the sisters to visit Reema, what opinion did Ali share?

5. What else did the family learn that Abdullah took from the family safe?

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