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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Sultana blame Saudi society for Jafer and Fayza's decision to elope?
(a) If their age difference was not such a scandal in Saudi society, they would have been able to marry.
(b) If Jafer was not so wealthy and Fayza so poor, society would not care if they married.
(c) If they had been allowed to socialize normally, they would not have wild feelings.
(d) If their parents could have overcome years of fighting, they could have lived normally.

5. To whom did the Wonder Garment that Sultana found belong?
(a) Abdullah.
(b) Ali.
(c) Kareem.
(d) Saleem.

6. 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.

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 upset and sobbed all the way home.
(c) She worried that she did not do enough.
(d) She was concerned but hopeful that things would go well.

8. What else did the family learn that Abdullah took from the family safe?
(a) His father's identification and legal documents.
(b) A priceless ruby and diamond necklace.
(c) A gun.
(d) Nearly one million dollars.

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

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

11. How did Amani's brother and sister deal with her changing behavior?
(a) Maha gave in to her demands and Abdullah fought back.
(b) Abdullah refused to speak to either of his sisters and Maha became distant.
(c) Maha refused to speak to either of her siblings and Abdullah became distant.
(d) Abdullah gave in to her demands and Maha fought back.

12. When Sultana became distressed over problems with her children, how did she begin to damage herself physically?
(a) She started taking drugs.
(b) She gorged herself on fatty foods and developed heart disease.
(c) She began cutting herself.
(d) She began twisting and pulling out her hair.

13. After what event did Sultana and her family rest in their villa in Cairo?
(a) The holy pilgrimage to Makkah.
(b) A family reunion.
(c) The wedding of Fayza and Jafer.
(d) Abdullah's return to his family.

14. Why did the siblings fight over a newspaper in the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Amani said that it was holy and could not be thrown away because the name of God was printed on it.
(b) Abdullah was trying to read the paper and his sisters set fire to it.
(c) They argued over whose fault it was that it had been left on the floor.
(d) There was an article about Sultana's book and Amani wanted to show her despite her siblings' protests.

15. Why did Sultana believe that Amani's upbringing was the reason for the changes in her behavior?
(a) She grew up too wealthy and never learned the value of anything.
(b) She was exposed to the Western lifestyle at too young of an age.
(c) She grew up too poor and put too much value on worthless things.
(d) She was not given enough religious instruction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What thoughts did Sultana come to have about Amani's impact on the royal family?

2. Who was Reema?

3. What news of Reema did the family learn when they arrived in Monaco?

4. What huge obstacle did Jafer and Fayza face when they decided to elope?

5. How did Saleem react when he came to see Reema?

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