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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Shortly afterward, despite his assurances of love, Kareem told Sultana that he intended to do what?
(a) Divorce her.
(b) Take a second wife for the purpose of having more children.
(c) Force her to have more children.
(d) Not have sexual relations with her.

2. This relative forced the girl to return home and do what?
(a) Marry a cousin.
(b) Marry a neighbor.
(c) Marry an older man.
(d) Marry him.

3. Why did these boys do this?
(a) They made a bet.
(b) They were bored.
(c) They did not like the girl.
(d) They were drunk and high.

4. How was the girl punished?
(a) She was exiled.
(b) She was sent back to London.
(c) She was put into a padded room and was not allowed human contact.
(d) She was killed.

5. Sultana and Kareem planned to have their baby out of the country where the health care was better. Why did this not happen?
(a) They did not have the money to leave the country.
(b) They were delayed so long that they were no longer able to travel.
(c) They decided to build a suite instead.
(d) Sultana was very ill during her pregnancy.

6. Why did they live here?
(a) Sultana had a palace built as a gift for Kareem.
(b) Kareem had a large home.
(c) They did not have the money to build their own palace.
(d) They were waiting until their own palace could be built.

7. What did Sultana threaten to do?
(a) Kill herself.
(b) Return to her father's home.
(c) Kill his mother.
(d) Divorce Kareem.

8. The following day Asad announced what?
(a) He did not want to be around Sara.
(b) He would not be staying with Sara's family.
(c) He intended to marry Sara's younger sister.
(d) His intention to marry Sara.

9. What rumor was spreading about one woman?
(a) She had been exiled.
(b) She had been tortured.
(c) She had been divorced.
(d) She had been killed.

10. What did her husband quickly do?
(a) Had her tortured.
(b) Sent her away.
(c) Divorced her.
(d) Killed her.

11. Why did Sultana's mother-in-law make amends with Sultana?
(a) She did not want to lose her son's affection.
(b) She realized she liked Sultana.
(c) She did not want a scandal.
(d) She feared Sultana's family.

12. Sultana gave birth to how many daughters, then suffered a bout with breast cancer?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

13. What did Sultana and Kareem continue to do often in the weeks before the wedding?
(a) Write letters.
(b) Go on dates.
(c) Speak on the phone.
(d) See each other.

14. For their honeymoon, where did Sultana and Kareem go?
(a) Canada.
(b) Cairo and the United States.
(c) The United States.
(d) Tokyo and Bombay.

15. Huda claimed that what would happen to Sultana?
(a) She would make a good marriage that would be happy for the first few years, then hit a difficult period.
(b) She would marry a much older man.
(c) She would never be happy.
(d) She would never marry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Did Kareem agree to Sultana's demands?

2. When the king chose not to punish Kareem's brother, Sultana's mother-in-law came to believe what?

3. What did Sultana's friend's father allow her?

4. What was Asad's reaction upon seeing Sara?

5. When Sultana's friend got accepted to a school in London, how did her father respond?

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