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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What group of people in Saudi Arabia did Sultana consider forgotten?
2. After Kareem confronted Noorah about her interactions with Maha, how did Sultana feel about Noorah's despair?
3. When Kareem and Sultana talked to their children about women and their role in Saudi society, what was their main message?
4. After the family left Makkah after their pilgrimage, who was the man named Yousif that they met in the Valley of Mina?
5. In the Prologue, why does Sultana study the photo of King Fahd?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain why Sultana wondered if her daughter, Amani, was switched at birth with her sister's daughter, Nashwa?
2. 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?
3. What types of stories did Sultana tell her daughters on the plane, and how did they react?
4. 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.
5. Describe why Sultana feared that Amani might turn out like her cousin, Lawand.
6. Explain the circumstances that led to Sultana's exposure as the author of Princess.
7. Describe the purification process that faithful Muslims observe before their holy pilgrimage.
8. Describe how the book Princess affected the relationship between Kareem and Sultana.
9. Explain Sultana's conflicting feelings about the effect her book, Princess, had on her family.
10. Describe Kareem's dream about the holy pilgrimage.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When the sisters all gathered in the Epilogue to commemorate the memory of their mother, each sister confided in Sultana that their mother had told each of them that she thought Sultana was a thief as a child. What did Sultana do then to confirm the idea that she was still a thief and to make her sisters laugh? What discussion caused the laughter to die down? How would you describe the mood of the women at the end of the book?
Essay Topic 2
Amani learned a terrible secret about her cousin, Majed. What occurred and what were the consequences for the unfortunate woman involved? How did his father react to the news? What was his father's greatest concern about the situation?
Essay Topic 3
Early in the book, Sultana wondered if her daughter, Maha, and her sister Sara's daughter, Nashwa, had been switched at birth. What similarities to Sara did Maha display as a child? What similarities to Sultana did Nashwa display as a young adult?
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