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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Maha say was her reason for taking such an item (or items) with her to work?
(a) To seem cool to the other workers at the hospital.
(b) As an escape from the hardships of her life.
(c) For protection from the police.
(d) It was the only free time she had away from her parents' watchful eyes.

2. During the purity time before the holy pilgrimage, why was prayer important?
(a) To improve one's standing with Allah.
(b) To ensure tranquility of the soul.
(c) To become clean.
(d) To be forgiven for sins.

3. What was the purpose of Maha's trip to London in Chapter 3?
(a) To seek mental help.
(b) To escape the oppression of women.
(c) To avoid being stoned to death in her country.
(d) To study abroad.

4. What horrible story, that shocked Kareem, did Yousif believe was not a crime?
(a) A man had seven wives, two of whom were his own daughters.
(b) A man wed teenage virgins, used them for sex and then divorced them instantly when he was bored of them.
(c) A man buried alive his unwanted children in the desert.
(d) A man poured scalding water down the throat of his baby daughter to kill her.

5. How were Sultana's "forgotten" people disadvantaged in Saudi Arabia?
(a) They were forbidden to leave the country.
(b) They were treated as second-class citizens and had no rights.
(c) They were not permitted any form of education.
(d) They were not allowed to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, why did Kareem come home in an angry rush and Sultana feared that he had learned of her book?

2. Who was Sultana, and what was her place in the Saudi royal family?

3. When two men were trampled to death at Makkah, why did Sultana panic?

4. At the end of Chapter 6, what did Sultana hint about the future of the child for whom she prayed at the end of the family's pilgrimage?

5. At the end of the pilgrimage, for which of her children did Sultana worry the most?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Kareem's dream about the holy pilgrimage affected his attitude toward participating in it in the future.

2. Describe how Kareem seemed to Sultana to be more modern-thinking and progressive in his attitude toward women.

3. What forbidden items did Sultana discover among Maha's possessions, and who did she believe gave them to her?

4. How did Kareem react to the news about Maha that was revealed in London?

5. Describe why Sultana reacted as she did when she heard that two men were trampled to death at Makkah.

6. How did Maha react to the restrictions her parents placed on her in regard to her relationship with Aisha?

7. Explain Maha's relationship with Aisha.

8. When Kareem bumped into an old friend from school name Yousif, he discovered that the man was quite different from the boy he knew. Explain Yousif's opinion of women in Saudi Arabia and describe Kareem's reaction to learning about his old friend's ideas about right and wrong.

9. When the family was in the final days of their holy pilgrimage and came to the Plain of Mina, explain what was being done with hundreds of goats and other animals and how Amani reacted when she arrived and witnessed what was going on there.

10. Explain mut'a, the cruel and selfish custom practiced by the depraved father of Maha's friend, Aisha.

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