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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Sultana returned from her trip to learn what?
(a) Her mother was having another child.
(b) Her mother was dying.
(c) Her father was dying.
(d) Her mother was to be executed.

4. Father also had to make a large donation to ______________.
(a) The mosque.
(b) The religious men.
(c) The country.
(d) The government.

5. The husband's mother came to the hospital and complained about what?
(a) Sara's behavior.
(b) Sara's cooking.
(c) Sara was not providing any children.
(d) Sara was shaming her family.

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

7. Sara ________ all through the wedding preparations.
(a) Cheered.
(b) Cried.
(c) Screamed.
(d) Yelled.

8. What did Sara's father order the doctor to give her?
(a) A muscle relaxer.
(b) A new pair of glasses.
(c) A variety of tests.
(d) A sedative.

9. Sultana became ____________ what her father would do to her when he learned what happened.
(a) Afraid of.
(b) Happy with.
(c) Unsure of.
(d) Satisfied with.

10. What happened to Sultana after Father's reaction to her participation in the group with Nadia and Wafa?
(a) She became depressed.
(b) She became happy.
(c) She became angry.
(d) She became worried.

11. Why were Sultana and her mother not allowed to see Sara for this length of time?
(a) In order to control them.
(b) In order to give her a chance to settle in to the new situation.
(c) In order to give her time alone with her husband.
(d) In order to give her time to forget them.

12. Within hours the mutawas,_______________, came to Sultana's house and told Father what they had found.
(a) The Saudi elders.
(b) The government agents.
(c) The police.
(d) The religious men.

13. Marci began to tell Sultana what story?
(a) How she was raised.
(b) How she learned Arabic.
(c) How she learned to be a maid.
(d) How she came to Saudi Arabia and what happened to her friend Madeline.

14. Sultana refused to give an apple the cook had given her to whom?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) Her father.

15. What else did they do in these cities?
(a) Preached the word of Allah.
(b) Bought gourmet food.
(c) Saw the sights.
(d) Shopped for veils.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Sultana's father learned of Sultana and Randa's participation in the group with Nadia and Wafa, what did he do?

3. What did Nadia's father do?

4. Sultana began spending long hours where?

5. No one would do anything about Ali, because Sultana's father did not see the harm in what?

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