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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. Where did Jafer and Fayza finally meet in person to start their affair?

2. What news did Fatma bring Sultana the day after Sultana helped her with a problem?

3. What was Kareem's condition and attitude when Sultana returned home with Fatma?

4. In the aftermath of Abdullah's grand plan, how did Sultana feel about Kareem?

5. Who was Reema?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. Fatma, Sultana's permanent housekeeper in Cairo, told Sultana about a dream she had. What was the message of the dream and how did Sultana interpret the message?

7. Due to the stress of what was happening with her children in the beginning of Chapter 9, Sultana developed what some call a "nervous twitch." Explain how Sultana's stress manifested itself into this "nervous twitch" and what type it was.

8. Explain why female circumcision was still practiced in Saudi Arabia during Sultana's lifetime.

9. One night in Cairo, Sultana's housekeeper began wailing while she cooked the family's supper. Why was Fatma upset?

10. In addition to other important items, it was revealed that Abdullah also took nearly one million dollars in cash from the family safe. Explain what Abdullah did with that money and how Kareem felt about it.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Maha and Aisha became friends, both were exposed to the barbaric and depraved acts of Aisha's father.

Part 1) Describe the specific depraved behaviors of Aisha's father that Maha and Aisha witnessed.

Part 2) Explain the behaviors and actions in which Maha and Aisha engaged, due to the inappropriate influence of Aisha's father.

Essay Topic 2

Princess Sultana's passion in life is supporting women of Saudi society in their quest for equal rights and fair treatment by men. Cite four examples from the book of how women in Saudi Arabia were oppressed or mistreated by men.

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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