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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. When Sultana became distressed over problems with her children, how did she begin to damage herself physically?

2. After the family's holy pilgrimage, they wished to return to Riyadh, but what forced them to delay the trip home?

3. What else did the family learn that Abdullah took from the family safe?

4. Where did Sultana and her sisters go to visit Reema?

5. What did Sultana discover was missing from the safe when she checked it after Kareem called her?

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. Sultana had very specific feelings and thoughts about her husband, Kareem, throughout the course of Chapter 9. What were some of her feelings and thoughts, and how did she ultimately feel about being married to a man like Kareem?

3. Sultana blamed Amani's upbringing for her extreme religious conversion. Explain the differences in the economic climate between the time of Sultana's childhood and that of Amani.

4. Explain what happened to Jafer and Fayza after they decided to elope.

5. Explain what Sultana found was missing from the family's safe after Kareem had suspicions about Abdullah's interest in helping his friend Jafer.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. With Abdullah's efforts to reunite Jafer and Fayza, what was the final outcome for the two forbidden lovers?

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

10. When Sultana and her family arrived in Monaco to share a rented mansion villa with Sultana's sisters, why were the sisters in a state of anxiety and great sadness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the marriage of Sultana's sister, Reema, and her husband, Saleem. What kind of man was Saleem? What kind of woman was Reema? How did their history together possibly indicate the violence that would come when Saleem violently raped her and caused her terrible, lasting injuries?

Essay Topic 2

Recall Amani's animal obsession. To what extent did Amani go to acquire animals for her collection? How did her family deal with her love of animals? What ultimatum did her family give her after her love of animals turned to obsession?

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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