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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were these people used like this?
(a) Because they wanted to be rich.
(b) Because they thought it wiould find them a good husband.
(c) Because of the extreme poverty in some countries.
(d) Because of the money that could be made in prostitution.

2. Why was Sara in the hospital?
(a) She was pregnant.
(b) She had become ill.
(c) She had attempted suicide.
(d) She had become a nurse.

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

4. King Faisal's wife was a woman who believed what?
(a) Women should be able to make their own choices.
(b) Men should have complete control.
(c) Women do not have rights.
(d) Women should be educated.

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

6. What had Sara's husband done to her?
(a) He had thrown her out.
(b) He was a sexual sadist who had tortured her.
(c) He had beaten her.
(d) He had forced her to get a job.

7. Who replaced the king on the throne?
(a) A cousin, Kareem.
(b) Another brother, Khalid.
(c) Another brother, Faisal.
(d) Another brother, Abdul Aziz.

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

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

10. Did Sultana choose to begin wearing a veil and abaaya when she was in Cairo?
(a) Part of the time.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) At first.

11. What did Nura say about Ali's and Hadi's behavior?
(a) There was only a little that she could do.
(b) She would tell their father.
(c) There was nothing they can do.
(d) She would go to the police.

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

13. What did Sultana and her sisters do for their mother?
(a) They took care of the baby.
(b) They prayed for her.
(c) They left her alone.
(d) They remained by their mother's side until the end came.

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

15. Nura said there were___________ used in that way in many cities throughout the world.
(a) Few people.
(b) Many people.
(c) Hundreds of women.
(d) Hundreds of children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sultana and Mother were told they could not visit Sara for how long after her wedding?

2. Why were Sultana and her mother not allowed to see Sara for this length of time?

3. How was the marriage beneficial to Father?

4. Madeline had heard that a girl could make good money as what in Saudi Arabia?

5. What was significant about this trip for Sultana?

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