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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nura explained that in their culture girls often had what removed when they reached maturity?
(a) Parts of their genitals.
(b) Their eyebrows.
(c) All jewelry.
(d) Their body hair.

2. The following day Asad announced what?
(a) His intention to marry Sara.
(b) He would not be staying with Sara's family.
(c) He did not want to be around Sara.
(d) He intended to marry Sara's younger sister.

3. In 1975, Sultana was vacationing where?
(a) In Greece.
(b) In Juddah.
(c) In New York City.
(d) In Baghdad.

4. Sultana was told a story by one of the nurses about another girl staying in the maternity ward. This girl had been raped by whom?
(a) Servants.
(b) Strangers.
(c) Several of her brothers.
(d) Visitors to her home.

5. What did Wafa's father immediately do?
(a) He arranged for Wafa to be killed.
(b) He arranged for Wafa to be married.
(c) He arranged for Wafa to be put into a convent.
(d) He arranged for Wafa to be exiled.

Short Answer Questions

1. Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait when?

2. What happened to these women?

3. Sultana recalled overhearing a meeting between whom?

4. Why did Nadia's father choose her punishment?

5. Father threatened to do what if Mother did not stop pushing the issue?

(see the answer key)

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