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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. To whom did the item (or items) that Maha was taking to work with her belong?

2. Despite the fallout from her first book, why did Sultana know in her heart that the book needed to be written?

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

4. What threat to the pilgrimage made the family nervous about taking the trip?

5. What protection did the title of "princess" afford Sultana when it came to exposing her identity?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe why Sultana feared that Amani might turn out like her cousin, Lawand.

2. 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?

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

4. Describe how Kareem seemed to Sultana to be more modern-thinking and progressive in his attitude toward women.

5. Explain how Kareem's dream about the holy pilgrimage affected his attitude toward participating in it in the future.

6. When the family was in the final days of their holy pilgrimage and came to the Plain of Mina, explain what was being done with hundreds of goats and other animals and how Amani reacted when she arrived and witnessed what was going on there.

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

8. Explain why Sultana wondered if her daughter, Amani, was switched at birth with her sister's daughter, Nashwa?

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

10. Describe Sultana's experience of purification before the holy pilgrimage.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sultana desired for the entire family to attend the holy pilgrimage to Makkah, but Kareem was unwilling to attend.

Part 1) Explain why a dream Kareem had scared him so much that he was afraid to attend the pilgrimage.

Part 2) Describe why Sultana feared that Kareem's dream had come true and how she reacted when she learned that it had not.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the book, stories of horrific acts against women are told. Recall the actions and attitudes toward women of two men, Ali and Yousif, and explain how each of them felt toward women and their role in Saudi society. How are they the same? How are they different?

Essay Topic 3

The publication of Princess Sultana's first book, Princess, had varied effects on the people in her life. Recall the reactions of her family and friends, and explain how each of the following people felt about the publication of Princess and how they treated Sultana once her identity was revealed: Kareem, Sultana's father, Ali and Sara.

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