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

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

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

4. 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 decided to build a suite instead.
(c) Sultana was very ill during her pregnancy.
(d) They were delayed so long that they were no longer able to travel.

5. Why did Sultana decide to do this when she found she was pregnant?
(a) It was the only course of action open to her.
(b) She did not trust the hospitals in any other country.
(c) She did not want Kareem's baby.
(d) She wanted to be near her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. This relative forced the girl to return home and do what?

2. Sultana was upset and called her future husband's sister to tell her what?

3. Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait when?

4. What did Sultana and Kareem continue to do often in the weeks before the wedding?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sultana get revenge on her brother?

2. How did the nurse feel about this story? How did Sultana's reaction affect the nurse?

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

4. What happened to this girl when her father was killed?

5. How did Sultana react to Kareem's request to marry again?

6. Where did the couple go for their honeymoon?

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

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

9. What led Sultana to want to divorce Kareem?

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

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