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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sultana discover was missing from the safe when she checked it after Kareem called her?
(a) All of the cash was missing.
(b) A precious diamond and ruby necklace was missing.
(c) The passports for Abdullah and Maha were missing.
(d) All of the family's legal paperwork was missing.

2. 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 she was the real thief and wrongfully blamed her son.
(c) He suspected that Abdullah was simply following his mother's orders.
(d) He suspected that Maha was the real thief and Sultana was covering for her by blaming Abdullah.

3. What help did Fatma seek from Sultana?
(a) She wanted money to guarantee her silence.
(b) She wanted Sultana to send food and medicine to Fatma's family in Cairo.
(c) She thought her family would listen to the princess.
(d) She wanted protection from Kareem, whom she feared.

4. 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) She was afraid Amani would sell them for money to help her escape Saudi Arabia.
(c) Amani was stealing from everyone in the family.
(d) Sultana was worried that Amani would destroy them in a rage.

5. When Fatma gave Sultana the warning from her dream, how did Sultana interpret the message?
(a) As a message from God.
(b) As completely meaningless.
(c) As communication from her dead mother.
(d) As too confusing to understand.

6. What happened between Sultana and Kareem when she returned home with Fatma?
(a) They agreed that they must fire Fatma the next day.
(b) Kareem begged her to forgive him for his foolishness.
(c) They got in an argument that almost got physical.
(d) Sultana demanded that Kareem take her side and help Fatma.

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

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

9. 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 realized that she was wrong and begged him to forgive her.
(c) She believed he was hard-headed and old-fashioned, but she was lucky to have him.
(d) She was furious with him for his suspicions and threateded to leave him.

10. 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 angry but proud of his son's sense of charity.
(d) He was ashamed of his son.

11. After the family's holy pilgrimage, they wished to return to Riyadh, but what forced them to delay the trip home?
(a) Sultana had to help her sister, Sara, on an important errand.
(b) Kareem abandoned the family at their vacation home.
(c) Maha became ill.
(d) A sandstorm grounded their plane.

12. What thoughts did Sultana come to have about Amani's impact on the royal family?
(a) She was worried that Amani's actions would embarrass the family name.
(b) She knew Amani would be the favored child for her selfless giving.
(c) She feared that Amani would expose the family's dark secrets.
(d) She feared that Amani would be the downfall of the family.

13. What huge obstacle did Jafer and Fayza face when they decided to elope?
(a) Jafer was already married.
(b) Abdullah was also in love with Fayza.
(c) Fayza was betrothed to another man.
(d) Fayza did not have access to her passport or traveling papers.

14. What vow did Sultana make to herself as she fell asleep after dealing with Fatma's problem?
(a) She was going to purify and cleanse herself to make things right with God.
(b) She would make sure that none of her servants' families were starving while she had so much.
(c) She would fight against female circumcision.
(d) She would never again let Kareem ruin another innocent life.

15. Why did the family servant, Fatma, begin wailing and praying while she prepared the family's supper?
(a) She knew Sultana's secret and it was tearing her up inside.
(b) Her family in Cairo was starving and she was powerless to help them.
(c) Her granddaughter was to be circumcised that night.
(d) She was worried that Kareem was going to fire her the next day.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Sultana's reaction when she realized what the Wonder Garment was and to whom it belonged?

3. How was Sultana's upbringing different from those of her children?

4. What was the purpose of the Wonder Garment?

5. What did the family learn that Abdullah had done with the additional item/s he took from the family safe?

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