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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sultana took Ali's new headdress and did what with it?
(a) Threw it away.
(b) Tore it into little pieces.
(c) Flushed it down the toilet.
(d) Hid it.

2. What did Sultana think of Cairo?
(a) She hated it.
(b) She loved it.
(c) She thought nothing of it.
(d) She was afraid of it.

3. When Sultana's father arrived, her mother insisted that he allow Sara to do what?
(a) Commit suicide.
(b) Go back to her husband.
(c) Find a new husband.
(d) Leave the marriage.

4. Sultana spent some time in the cockpit with the American pilots, an event that helped her to see what?
(a) American men are the same as Saudi Arabian men.
(b) Americans are nice.
(c) Americans are intelligent.
(d) Not all men are cruel.

5. When Sultana's father learned of Sultana and Randa's participation in the group with Nadia and Wafa, what did he do?
(a) He sent Sultana and Randa away for a period of time.
(b) He told Randa and Sultana to disband the group.
(c) He encouraged more women to join the group.
(d) He divorced Randa and began searching for a husband for Sultana.

6. Who did Sultana's father often overlook?
(a) Sultana.
(b) His oldest children.
(c) Sultana and her sisters.
(d) His first wife's children.

7. What did they do in these cities?
(a) Bought furniture.
(b) Bought clothes.
(c) Visited mosques.
(d) Bought condos.

8. Sara had dreams of what?
(a) Being a single woman.
(b) Staying at home.
(c) Marrying a handsome prince.
(d) Studying art and perhaps going to work in a museum.

9. Who was the smartest of all the siblings?
(a) Sara, Sultana's closest sister.
(b) Nura, Sultana's older sister.
(c) Aara, Sultana's younger sister.
(d) Safwana, Sultana's youngest sister.

10. From Cairo, the group went on a tour of several _____________ cities.
(a) Italian.
(b) German.
(c) French.
(d) Greek.

11. Sultana caught sight of Sara's face after the ceremony and knew what?
(a) How unsure Sara was.
(b) How happy Sara was.
(c) How frightened Sara was.
(d) How drugged Sara was.

12. What would Nadia and Wafa do?
(a) Teach reading and writing to other women.
(b) Perform music and dance for their father's friends.
(c) Approach foreign men and ask them if they wanted to meet in their apartments.
(d) Make beautiful artwork and sell it in the market.

13. Which of these describes Father's new wife?
(a) She was young and enthusiastic.
(b) She was young and immature.
(c) She was old and crippled.
(d) She was young and frightened.

14. Father forced Ali to attend mosque _______ times a day for a year, something he was loath to do.
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Eight.

15. Madeline had heard that a girl could make good money as what in Saudi Arabia?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A chef.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Nura respond this way?

2. What else did they do in these cities?

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

4. With the news of her impending marriage, what happened to Sara?

5. Within hours the mutawas,_______________, came to Sultana's house and told Father what they had found.

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