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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 is the name of the time of purity that Sultana's Muslim family observed before making the holy pilgrimage?
2. What horrible story, that shocked Kareem, did Yousif believe was not a crime?
3. While in London, how did Maha behave toward her family?
4. Arriving at the location of the holy pilgrimage, what was the name of the tent city the family encountered?
5. Why did Sultana regret taking fourteen year old Amani on the holy pilgrimage at such an impressionable age?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Describe how a poor Yemeni girl named Reema fell into the clutches of Aisha's depraved father and fell victim to the mut'a.
3. Explain how Kareem's dream about the holy pilgrimage affected his attitude toward participating in it in the future.
4. In explaining a woman's place in Saudi society to their children, describe the example Kareem gave of the Prophet Mohammad's opinion on the subject and Sultana's explanation of what the Koran says about a woman's place among men.
5. Explain Maha's relationship with Aisha.
6. Describe how the book Princess affected the relationship between Kareem and Sultana.
7. How did Maha react to the restrictions her parents placed on her in regard to her relationship with Aisha?
8. In the end, explain what the family decided to do about Sultana and the book and how they treated her.
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. Explain why Sultana wondered if her daughter, Amani, was switched at birth with her sister's daughter, Nashwa?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe what happened at the Plain of Mina, and why Amani was horrified by what was being done to animals there. What was the symbolism for Muslims of the practice Amani witnessed?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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