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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Sultana explain divorce in Saudi Arabia?
(a) As impossible for women to attain.
(b) As a woman's only chance at a good life.
(c) As a means of oppressing women.
(d) As the only way that men and women become equal.

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

3. How did Kareem feel about Sultana's thoughts on Amani's impact on the royal family?
(a) They disagreed completely.
(b) He was skeptical and not convinced.
(c) They agreed completely.
(d) He never knew because Sultana was too afraid to tell him.

4. How did Jafer and Fayza communicate before meeting in person to begin their affair?
(a) They spoke over the wall separating their houses.
(b) Email.
(c) Secret telephone conversations.
(d) Notes passed between their servants.

5. What suspicions of Sultana did Kareem have after he discovered what Abdullah had stolen from the safe?
(a) He suspected her of supplying the safe combination.
(b) He suspected that Maha was the real thief and Sultana was covering for her by blaming Abdullah.
(c) He suspected that she was the real thief and wrongfully blamed her son.
(d) He suspected that Abdullah was simply following his mother's orders.

6. What did Sultana discover that Abdullah had done?
(a) He had stolen jewelry and cash to give away to the poor.
(b) He had eloped and secretly fled to America.
(c) He used Maha's passport to help Fayza reunite with Jafer.
(d) He had stolen his father's identity to gain access to the family's fortune.

7. After the holy pilgrimage, how did Amani's clothing change?
(a) She worried that everything she owned was too ugly.
(b) She wore short skirts and revealing tops at home.
(c) She refused to wear her veil in public.
(d) She wore the dark, thick clothing of a fundamentalist.

8. To where did Jafer and Fayza flee together?
(a) Italy.
(b) Australia.
(c) America.
(d) France.

9. Who was Reema?
(a) Sultana's oldest daughter.
(b) Kareem's new wife.
(c) Kareem's mother.
(d) Sultana's middle sister.

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

11. When Sultana and Fatma returned home, how did Sultana feel on the drive back?
(a) She was concerned but hopeful that things would go well.
(b) She was upset and sobbed all the way home.
(c) She was triumphant and pleased with the outcome.
(d) She worried that she did not do enough.

12. What news did Fatma bring Sultana the day after Sultana helped her with a problem?
(a) Her daughter had changed her mind and called off the circumcision.
(b) She was quitting and would no longer work for Sultana's family.
(c) Her husband had died overnight from lack of medical care.
(d) Her granddaughter had been circumcised the evening before.

13. How did Kareem feel about what Abdullah did with the additional item/s he took from the family safe?
(a) He was happy with Abdullah's decisions.
(b) He was disappointed and could not understand Abdullah's motive.
(c) He was ashamed of his son.
(d) He was angry but proud of his son's sense of charity.

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

15. What did Kareem do to keep Abdullah from leaving the country?
(a) He threatened to disown him.
(b) He offered him a new car if he stayed.
(c) He locked up the passports in a safe.
(d) He called the police and told them that Abdullah was dangerous.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After leaving Cairo, the family traveled to Monaco to share a villa with Sultana's sisters. What was the sisters' mood when they arrived?

3. What shameful secret about her cousin, Majed, did Amani learn and share with Sultana?

4. Since Ali had divorced his wife, Nada, three times, why did he need his sisters' help?

5. How did Jafer and Fayza meet?

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