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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 wore the dark, thick clothing of a fundamentalist.
(d) She refused to wear her veil in public.

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

4. In the aftermath of Abdullah's grand plan, how did Sultana feel about Kareem?
(a) She believed he was hard-headed and old-fashioned, but she was lucky to have 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 felt that his betrayal was the "final straw" and made plans to divorce him.

5. What would have happened to Reema if she ever officially divorced her husband?
(a) She could face execution.
(b) Women in Saudi Arabia are never granted divorces.
(c) She would be exiled from the country.
(d) She would lose custody of her children.

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

11. What was Sultana's reaction when she realized what the Wonder Garment was and to whom it belonged?
(a) Fearful worry.
(b) Girlish glee.
(c) Shame and embarrassment.
(d) Complete disgust.

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

13. Where did Sultana and her sisters go to visit Reema?
(a) A clinic.
(b) Her home.
(c) The home of her lover.
(d) A women's shelter.

14. How did Fatma's family react to Sultana's intrusion into their lives?
(a) They changed their minds but did not give Sultana any credit.
(b) They were grateful and wept in joy.
(c) They were humbled and embarrassed.
(d) They stubbornly argued with her.

15. What mission did Amani undertake with the family's staff of servants?
(a) To reunite them with the families they supported in other countries.
(b) To convert them all into proper Muslims.
(c) To get them all higher education by hiring tutors.
(d) To dispose of the family's jewels and riches by paying them to destroy or steal the family's property.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Kareem's condition and attitude when Sultana returned home with Fatma?

2. What suspicions of Sultana did Kareem have after he discovered what Abdullah had stolen from the safe?

3. Where did Jafer and Fayza finally meet in person to start their affair?

4. When Sultana became distressed over problems with her children, how did she begin to damage herself physically?

5. How did Fayza's family get her back from Jafer?

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