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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What part in Abdullah's plan did Sultana actually play?
(a) She planned the entire thing and Abdullah merely followed her orders.
(b) She played no part.
(c) She played no part, but lied to protect Maha from being arrested and executed.
(d) She warned Abdullah not to get caught, but did not actually participate in the plan.

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

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

5. After leaving Cairo, the family traveled to Monaco to share a villa with Sultana's sisters. What was the sisters' mood when they arrived?
(a) Polite but distant, like strangers.
(b) Sadness and anxiety.
(c) Joyful celebration.
(d) Anger and resentment.

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) They got in an argument that almost got physical.
(c) Sultana demanded that Kareem take her side and help Fatma.
(d) Kareem begged her to forgive him for his foolishness.

7. 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.

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

9. What mission did Amani undertake with the family's staff of servants?
(a) To convert them all into proper Muslims.
(b) To reunite them with the families they supported in other countries.
(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.

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

11. Why did Sultana enjoy spending time at the family's vacation home in Jeddah?
(a) Jeddah was the birthplace of Islam and special to all Muslims.
(b) Jeddah was where she met Kareem.
(c) Her favorite sister lived there.
(d) Jeddah was a resort-type city and had less restrictions on women.

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

13. At the same time that Sultana was dealing with problems with her children, what trouble was Sara having with her daughter, Nashwa?
(a) She became a religious extremist.
(b) She began stealing.
(c) She was acting sexually suggestive toward the family's servants.
(d) She told her mother she was a lesbian.

14. What shameful secret about her cousin, Majed, did Amani learn and share with Sultana?
(a) Majed raped a woman who was in a coma in the hospital.
(b) Majed was a homosexual.
(c) Majed married two teenage virgins, used them for sex and divorced them one month later.
(d) Majed poured scalding water down the throat of his infant daughter to kill her.

15. 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) She fell in love with her driver, who was kind to her, unlike her abusive husband.
(c) Her husband grew increasingly violent and raped her one night after watching pornography.
(d) She had received threatening notes and phone calls for several weeks leading up to the attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where did Jafer and Fayza flee together?

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

3. How did Abdullah feel about the romance between Jafer and Fayza?

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

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

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