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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. How did Sultana explain her reaction to seeing the dead men beneath the sheet in Makkah?
(a) She said that she was hysterical with grief.
(b) She told them she was overly tired and not herself.
(c) She described the dream Kareem had.
(d) She explained that God had sent her a message.

2. When her marriage to Aisha's father was over, what happened to Reema?
(a) She was cast into the women's room to live in exile for the rest of her life.
(b) She was married off as the second wife to a poor Yemeni tea boy.
(c) She was stoned to death in a private ceremony.
(d) She was divorced and sent home to her family in shame.

3. In the sad story of Sultana's cousin, what memorable act did the woman attempt?
(a) She kidnapped her driver at gunpoint and made him drive her to the airport.
(b) She told her husband she was going shopping and actually fled the country with only a passport and a few posessions.
(c) She faked her death and tried to escape the country dressed as a man.
(d) She contacted the authorities in the United States and begged them to rescue her.

4. What memorable event happened during a tense dinner with Sultana, Sara and their cousin, Lawand?
(a) Lawand attacked Sara and Sultana sprayed her with Mace.
(b) Lawand suffered a nervous breakdown and was locked in seclusion for the next three months.
(c) Lawand spoke loudly about her extremist religious beliefs and was arrested at the restaurant.
(d) Lawand pinched and slapped Sultana for wearing a diamond necklace.

5. What change in Amani occurred during the family's holy pilgrimage?
(a) She decided that she was confused about her path in life and what God wanted from her.
(b) She decided to reject religion completely.
(c) She became depressed and withdrawn.
(d) She became devoutly religious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Maha's shocking statement at the end of Chapter 2 convince her parents to do?

2. How did Amani attempt to sabotage her family when they went hunting?

3. During the trip to London, what is revealed about Maha's relationship with her grandmother, Noorah?

4. Why did Kareem's attitude toward the pilgrimage exasperate Sultana?

5. Among the purification rituals before the holy pilgrimage, what was not allowed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the story Maha wrote while in London.

2. At the end of the family's holy pilgrimage, Sultana had great worries about Amani's future. Explain why Sultana feared that Amani might become a religious extremist?

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

4. Describe the London psychiatrist's reaction to Kareem's offer to come work for the family in Saudi Arabia, and how Sultana felt about it.

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

6. Explain Sultana's conflicting feelings about the effect her book, Princess, had on her family.

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

8. Describe what happened after Sultana and Kareem discovered that Maha had taken a pistol to work with her.

9. Describe Sultana's experience of purification before the holy pilgrimage.

10. 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.

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