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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mother and Sultana had to wait for Omar to bring them the letter from Father that would allow them to do what?
(a) Fly.
(b) Drive.
(c) Visit Sara.
(d) Enter Sara's hospital room.

2. 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 divorced Randa and began searching for a husband for Sultana.
(c) He encouraged more women to join the group.
(d) He told Randa and Sultana to disband the group.

3. How was Sultana's grandfather important?
(a) He won back control of his country from the Rasheed clan and became the first king of Saudi Arabia.
(b) He discovered oil in Saudi Arabia.
(c) He was an important businessman in Saudi Arabia.
(d) He was the first member of her family to attend college.

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

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

6. What was significant about this trip for Sultana?
(a) It would be the first time she would see the world from behind a veil.
(b) It would be the last time she would see the world without the barrier of a veil.
(c) It would be her last trip out of Saudi Arabia.
(d) It would be her only trip to Europe.

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

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

9. Why was Ali given the privilege of choosing what Sultana would eat at every meal?
(a) Sultana refused to give in to her brother.
(b) Sultana did not know what she wanted to eat.
(c) He liked to run Sultana's life.
(d) He was to practice being in charge.

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

11. What took place in the middle of the desert as was the tradition in their country?
(a) The family prayed.
(b) Father wasvburied in an unmarked grave.
(c) The family built a palace.
(d) Mother was buried in an unmarked grave.

12. Why does Nura do this?
(a) In order to have company.
(b) In order to get her sisters out of the country.
(c) In order to cheer up Sara.
(d) In order to cheer up Sultana.

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

14. No one would do anything about Ali, because Sultana's father did not see the harm in what?
(a) Ali's laziness.
(b) Ali's lack of an education.
(c) Ali's humor.
(d) Ali's cruel habits.

15. Nura and her husband, Ahmed, took Sultana, Sara, Ali, and Ali's friend Hadi to Cairo to do what?
(a) See the sights.
(b) Visit museums.
(c) Begin buying furnishings for their new palace.
(d) Begin buying clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nura, Sultana's older sister, decided to take Sara and Sultana where?

2. What did Nadia's father do?

3. Sara was brought together with her new husband before whom?

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

5. What was a result of Ali being allowed to choose her meals?

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