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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. After arriving in London, where did Maha immediately go?
(a) To a posh resort.
(b) To see long-lost family.
(c) To a safehouse.
(d) To a mental institution.

2. Why did Sultana wonder if her daughter, Amani, and Sara's daughter, Nashwa, were switched at birth?
(a) Amani looked exactly like Sara.
(b) Nashwa was loud and obnoxious, just like Sultana.
(c) The doctors suggested that there might have been a mistake at the hospital.
(d) Sultana had a dream that Nashwa was her real daughter.

3. What family crisis changed the way Kareem felt about the pilgrimage?
(a) Abdullah's run-in with the law.
(b) Sultana's threat of divorce.
(c) Kareem's decision to take a second wife.
(d) Maha's breakdown.

4. How did Sultana view her son Abdullah's attitude toward women?
(a) He had contempt for women.
(b) He seemed to display a little chauvinism.
(c) He was supportive of women's rights.
(d) He felt intimidated by women.

5. What was the result of Maha's cursing and swearing at her grandfather?
(a) He sent Maha away to live in exile in Egypt.
(b) He denied the existence of both Maha and her sister.
(c) He instructed Sultana and Kareem to have Maha stoned to death.
(d) He called the religious police to deal with Maha.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Kareem and Sultana met with Aisha's father, what did the families decide about Maha and Aisha?

2. What reason did Sultana give her children for the plight of women in Saudi Arabia?

3. What change in Amani occurred during the family's holy pilgrimage?

4. In the Prologue, why does Sultana study the photo of King Fahd?

5. When Maha confirmed her family's suspicions about the story she wrote, what aspect of Saudi social life was revealed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Amani's family and servants catered to her love of animals.

2. Describe the story Maha wrote while in London.

3. When Sultana told her daughters stories on the plane during their holy pilgrimage, how did their reaction make Sultana feel?

4. What types of stories did Sultana tell her daughters on the plane, and how did they react?

5. Explain the circumstances that led to Sultana's exposure as the author of Princess.

6. Each of Sultana's children had different ideas of a woman's place in the world. Describe their attitude toward women at the time immediately following the family's holy pilgrimage to Makkah.

7. Explain why Maha went to London and who accompanied her.

8. Explain why Sultana wondered if her daughter, Amani, was switched at birth with her sister's daughter, Nashwa?

9. Explain the circumstances of Lawand's life and how she fared.

10. Describe what happened at the eventful and memorable dinner with Lawand and Sara that Sultana recalled in Chapter 5.

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