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

2. What was Sara expecting while they were on vacation?
(a) A letter from her husband.
(b) A telephone call from her father.
(c) Her first child.
(d) Her divorce papers.

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

4. The pregnant girl's father planned to wait until the baby was born for what to happen?
(a) The girl would be stoned to death.
(b) The baby would be baptized.
(c) The girl would be married off.
(d) His daughter would be remprimanded.

5. One night, Sultana and Sara were sitting in the garden when one of Kareem's other brothers, Asad, came in with several friends. Why was Sara shamed?
(a) She was not a clean woman.
(b) She did not know Asad's friends.
(c) She was a divorced woman.
(d) She was seen without her veil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sultana tell Ali he could never know for sure?

2. Immediately Kareem's aunts came to the house demanding what?

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

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

5. In the aftermath of the invasion, many Kuwaiti refugees escaped where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened after Sultana suffers a bout of breast cancer?

2. What did Sultana learn from a woman she met on the flight to London?

3. How did Sultana feel in the "Epilogue?" Why did she feel this way?

4. Describe Ali's return home and his behavior upon his return.

5. What did Kareem do for Sultana to aid her in having their baby?

6. How did Kareem's mother and Sultana get into a fight?

7. What did Sultana learn about an old friend, prior to her friend's father's death?

8. How did Father react to Sultana's attempt to sabotage her marriage?

9. How did Kareem and Sultana finally make up?

10. Where did the couple go for their honeymoon?

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