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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Father was _____________ at Sultana's attempted sabotage.
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Amused.
(c) Embarrassed.
(d) Angry.

3. What did women begin doing in Riyadh?
(a) Attending school.
(b) Marrying men of their own choosing.
(c) Going without veils.
(d) Driving.

4. Ali told his father he wanted to marry. Why?
(a) He wanted children.
(b) He ws lonely.
(c) He wanted a virtuous Saudi woman in his life.
(d) He was in love.

5. Once in London, Sultana and the children traveled to Zurich where she did what?
(a) Found a job.
(b) Enrolled her children in school.
(c) Learned English.
(d) Withdrew money from her son's bank account.

6. In the first few days, Kareem refused to do what?
(a) Force Sultana into a sexual relationship.
(b) See the sights.
(c) Speak to Sultana.
(d) See Sultana without her veil.

7. How did this comment leave Ali?
(a) Enraged.
(b) With a lack of confidence in himself as a man.
(c) Shocked.
(d) Surprised.

8. In 1975, Sultana was vacationing where?
(a) In Baghdad.
(b) In Juddah.
(c) In Greece.
(d) In New York City.

9. What news reached Sara and Sultana?
(a) The king's death.
(b) Their father's death.
(c) Their brother's death.
(d) The prime minister's death.

10. What did this removal cause?
(a) Women to not be interested in marriage.
(b) Sex and childbirth to be extremely difficult.
(c) A woman to look more pure.
(d) Girls to be unrecognizable behind a veil.

11. In the aftermath of the invasion, many Kuwaiti refugees escaped where?
(a) To India.
(b) To Saudi Arabia.
(c) To Great Britain.
(d) To the United States.

12. What did Kareem's mother think about Sultana?
(a) She was the wrong woman for Kareem.
(b) She was dangerous.
(c) She was a kind woman.
(d) She was very adventurous.

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

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

15. Then they returned to Paris where Sultana did what?
(a) Found a job.
(b) Went back to school.
(c) Rented a house.
(d) Home schooled her children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Sultana decide to do this when she found she was pregnant?

2. What about Sultana's wedding causes some scandal?

3. Who was Sultana to marry?

4. Which of these describes the wedding ceremony?

5. What did Kareem have built for Sultana?

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