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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 circumstances led up to Reema's situation?
(a) She had received threatening notes and phone calls for several weeks leading up to the attack.
(b) She fell in love with her driver, who was kind to her, unlike her abusive husband.
(c) She had planned for years to leave her husband if he ever hit her, which he did one night after getting drunk and gambling.
(d) Her husband grew increasingly violent and raped her one night after watching pornography.

2. After what event did Sultana and her family rest in their villa in Cairo?
(a) The wedding of Fayza and Jafer.
(b) Abdullah's return to his family.
(c) A family reunion.
(d) The holy pilgrimage to Makkah.

3. Where did Jafer and Fayza finally meet in person to start their affair?
(a) In a private conference room at Kareem's law firm.
(b) In a public market.
(c) At Abdullah's house.
(d) At a mosque.

4. Who was Reema?
(a) Sultana's middle sister.
(b) Sultana's oldest daughter.
(c) Kareem's mother.
(d) Kareem's new wife.

5. Why did Sultana believe that Amani's upbringing was the reason for the changes in her behavior?
(a) She grew up too wealthy and never learned the value of anything.
(b) She was not given enough religious instruction.
(c) She grew up too poor and put too much value on worthless things.
(d) She was exposed to the Western lifestyle at too young of an age.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Sultana's upbringing different from those of her children?

2. How did the story of Reema's situation leave Sultana feeling?

3. What did Sultana discover that Abdullah had done?

4. How did Reema look when Sultana and her sisters came to visit her?

5. When the sisters all gathered to remember their mother, they told Sultana that their mother thought Sultana was a thief. What did Sultana do then that made them all laugh?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the family's holy pilgrimage, a sandstorm prohibited them from returning to Riyadh and they travel to their vacation home in Jeddah. Explain how Jeddah was different from Riyadh in regard to its restrictions on women.

2. When Sultana went to speak with Fatma's daughter, what was the outcome?

3. How did Sultana describe her sister, Reema's, appearance and demeanor that made her different from all the other sisters in the family?

4. Amani learned of a horrible family secret involving Ali's son, Majed. Explain what happened to the woman in the hospital and how Majed was involved.

5. When the sisters went to visit with Reema, how did her husband, Saleem, react when he saw Reema's condition?

6. In the weeks after the holy pilgrimage, Sultana began to see great changes in Amani's actions and personality. Describe some of Amani's actions and personality changes that frightened Sultana and made her fear that Amani might one day join an extremist terrorist cult.

7. Describe the main reason why Abdullah's friend, Jafer, and Fayza were forbidden to marry.

8. In the opening scene of Chapter 8, Sultana broke up an argument between her children over a newspaper. Explain why the newspaper was such a hot topic for the siblings.

9. Explain what obstacle Ali faced after divorcing his wife, Nada, for the third time.

10. In the Epilogue, the sisters all gathered to remember their mother and to catch up on each other's lives. What did they learn had become of both Ali's wife, Nada, and their sister, Reema?

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