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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. While in London, how did Maha behave toward her family?
(a) She slowly accepted her situation.
(b) She remained angry.
(c) She was thrilled to be free from the oppression of Saudi Arabia.
(d) She refused to see any of them.

2. What threat to the pilgrimage made the family nervous about taking the trip?
(a) Threat of danger from Iranian radicals.
(b) The fear of Kareem's dream coming true.
(c) Sultana's high-risk pregnancy.
(d) Maha's unstable health.

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(a) She became depressed and withdrawn.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

4. Among the purification rituals before the holy pilgrimage, what was not allowed?
(a) Work.
(b) Eating during the daytime.
(c) Wearing of perfume, jewelry or makeup.
(d) Travel outside the country.

5. What protection did the title of "princess" afford Sultana when it came to exposing her identity?
(a) There were hundreds of princesses like her in the royal family.
(b) Anything she did wrong would be blamed on her husband.
(c) Princesses could get away with things that ordinary people could not.
(d) She was safe from any harm or punishment because she was a part of the royal family.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Sultana react when her father and brother began to read mockingly from her book?

3. What horrible story, that shocked Kareem, did Yousif believe was not a crime?

4. Before the family's pilgrimage in Chapter 4, how often had they made the trip as a group, previously?

5. What was Maha's relationship with Aisha?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how a poor Yemeni girl named Reema fell into the clutches of Aisha's depraved father and fell victim to the mut'a.

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

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

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

5. Explain Maha's relationship with Aisha.

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

7. Describe how Sultana's father, brother and husband reacted as they read passages from her book out loud at the family meeting.

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

9. As Sultana gazed upon a photo of her uncle, the king of Saudi Arabia, Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz, what thoughts and feelings did she have about the man's character?

10. 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.

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