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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sultana learned she was pregnant and decided to do what?
(a) Have the baby at home.
(b) Have an abortion.
(c) Give the baby up for adoption.
(d) Have the baby in the United States.

2. Who was Sultana to marry?
(a) A complete stranger.
(b) A foreign man.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) Kareem, a cousin.

3. The girl told the authorities her story, but the boys insisted what?
(a) They did nothing.
(b) They were forced into the sexual encounter.
(c) The girl had initiated the sexual encounter.
(d) The girl paid them.

4. Huda claimed that what would happen to Sara?
(a) She would die young.
(b) She would get married soon.
(c) She would never be happy again.
(d) She would marry again some day and have six children.

5. Which of these describes the wedding ceremony?
(a) It was very unusual.
(b) It was lavish and expensive.
(c) It was simple and exciting.
(d) It was simple and boring.

6. When Kareem learned about Sultana's plans, what did he do?
(a) He agreed that she should have the baby in the U.S.
(b) He wanted to be with her when she had the baby.
(c) He confessed his undying love to her and begged her to return to him.
(d) He did not want her to give it up for adoption.

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

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

9. What did Kareem's mother want her son to do regarding Sultana?
(a) Ignore her.
(b) Speak to her.
(c) Change her.
(d) Divorce her.

10. What did Huda claim to have?
(a) Psychic abilities.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Many friends.

11. Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait when?
(a) Early 1992.
(b) Late 1990.
(c) Late 1989.
(d) Early 1990.

12. Why did American soldiers join the refugees?
(a) To protect the refugees.
(b) To keep Saddam from invading Saudi Arabia as well.
(c) To learn more about the Kuwaitis.
(d) To find Saddam.

13. What did Kareem have built for Sultana?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A special room for delivering the baby at home.
(c) A suite attached to her father's home.
(d) A suite at the local hospital.

14. Why did Sultana feel this way?
(a) She was worried about getting married.
(b) She had gotten into a fight with Kareem.
(c) She knew her marriage wouldbe a happy one.
(d) She did not want to leave her family.

15. What did the death of this prominent person prompt Asad to do?
(a) Move his wife and child out of the country.
(b) Leave the country.
(c) Sign a paper ensuring his daughter's freedom to choose a husband without family intervention.
(d) Run for Prime Minister.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ali told his father he wanted to marry. Why?

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

4. What happened to these women's families?

5. What rumor was spreading about one woman?

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