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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nura do this?
(a) In order to have company.
(b) In order to get her sisters out of the country.
(c) In order to cheer up Sara.
(d) In order to cheer up Sultana.

2. What would Nadia and Wafa do?
(a) Teach reading and writing to other women.
(b) Make beautiful artwork and sell it in the market.
(c) Perform music and dance for their father's friends.
(d) Approach foreign men and ask them if they wanted to meet in their apartments.

3. What were the king's brothers reluctant to do?
(a) Tell him to resign.
(b) Have him murdered.
(c) Force him to resign.
(d) Have him kidnapped.

4. When this did not work, what did they do?
(a) They had no choice but to force a resignation.
(b) They had no choice but to have him assassinated.
(c) They had no choice but to ask him to resign.
(d) They had no choice but to bribe him.

5. How was the marriage beneficial to Father?
(a) The groom was a member of a leading merchant family.
(b) The groom loved Sara and would care for her.
(c) The groom was very kind.
(d) The groom was a good friend of the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nura and her husband, Ahmed, took Sultana, Sara, Ali, and Ali's friend Hadi to Cairo to do what?

2. When Sultana's father learned of Sultana and Randa's participation in the group with Nadia and Wafa, what did he do?

3. For how long was Ali allowed to choose what Sultana would eat?

4. Why did the king's brothers want him to step down?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sultana and her sister, Sara, feel about this opportunity to be educated?

2. What did Sultana and Sara do about this?

3. What happened to Ali as a result of the exposed pornography?

4. Describe Ali as a child. Why was he allowed to act this way?

5. What was significant about Sultana's trip to Cairo?

6. Why did Sultana's father marry again? How did Sultana feel about this?

7. What happened when Sa'ud did not take his brothers' advice?

8. How did Sara's dreams die?

9. How did Sultana's trip end?

10. Describe Sara during the wedding.

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