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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. Who accompanied Maha to London?
(a) Her sisters.
(b) Her grandparents.
(c) Her older brother and an aunt.
(d) Her parents.

2. What type of outburst did Sultana have before the family left on the pilgrimage?
(a) It was about her fear for her daughter's health.
(b) It was about her disappointment in her marriage.
(c) It was about hating men.
(d) It was about her lack of faith.

3. What personal decision did Maha make after spying on a Saudi man through a peephole?
(a) She would never marry a man with more than one wife.
(b) She would never marry an elderly man.
(c) She would reveal the man's secrets to his wives.
(d) She would never have sex with a man.

4. In the Prologue, why does Sultana study the photo of King Fahd?
(a) He is her father.
(b) He is her nemesis.
(c) He has just died.
(d) He is her uncle and the king of Saudi Arabia.

5. What happened when Sultana confronted Kareem about his attitude toward the pilgrimage?
(a) Kareem forbade her to ever go with him.
(b) They decided that Sultana would go alone.
(c) She begged him to allow her to go with him that year and he agreed.
(d) They got into a shouting and shoving match.

Short Answer Questions

1. At age 10, to what did Maha set on fire?

2. What was Sultana's biggest worry with the publication of her first book?

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

4. How does Sultana remember King Fahd from his youth?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Kareem's dream about the holy pilgrimage.

2. Describe how the book Princess affected the relationship between Kareem and Sultana.

3. Explain Maha's relationship with Aisha.

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

5. 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.

6. In the end, explain what the family decided to do about Sultana and the book and how they treated her.

7. 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.

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

9. Describe the purification process that faithful Muslims observe before their holy pilgrimage.

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

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