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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened when Nadia and Wafa were caught?
(a) They were ignored.
(b) They were scolded.
(c) They were rewarded.
(d) They were arrested.

2. Madeline told Marci how the father of the household would do what?
(a) Insult her.
(b) Torture her.
(c) Forget to pay her.
(d) Rape her every night.

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

4. Sara would only be one among many _________ to her new husband.
(a) Subjects.
(b) Wives.
(c) Friends.
(d) Servants.

5. For how long was Ali allowed to choose what Sultana would eat?
(a) Several months.
(b) Several weeks.
(c) Several days.
(d) Several hours.

6. Sara learns at the age of _________ that she is to be married.
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Sixteen.

7. To whom is Sara to be married?
(a) A man more than twice her age.
(b) A man who is younger than her.
(c) A man she has known her entire life.
(d) Her cousin.

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

9. Sara's marriage had already been made between whom?
(a) The groom and the holy man.
(b) The bride and groom.
(c) The fathers.
(d) Father and the groom.

10. After only __________, Father told Mother that Sara had been admitted to the hospital and that she and Sultana would go to be with her.
(a) One month.
(b) Two months.
(c) Four months.
(d) Three months.

11. When Marci arrived, she had trouble doing what?
(a) Making friends.
(b) Finding work.
(c) Getting in touch with Madeline.
(d) Adjusting to the culture.

12. With the news of her impending marriage, what happened to Sara?
(a) Sara began to dream.
(b) Sara's dreams died.
(c) Sara's dreams changed.
(d) Sara's dreams were renewed.

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

14. Why did Nadia's father choose her punishment?
(a) He was very angry and not making logical choices.
(b) He felt the damage to the family's reputation was so bad that he had no choice.
(c) He felt it was the only way to punish her.
(d) He felt it was the only way to protect the family name.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Nura say about Ali's and Hadi's behavior?

2. Sara had dreams of what?

3. Sultana refused to give an apple the cook had given her to whom?

4. Sultana's father was a very wealthy man who spoiled whom with great riches?

5. What did Wafa's father immediately do?

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