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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. That same night, what did Sultana learn?
(a) She would marry a much older man.
(b) Sara would be getting married.
(c) Her father had found a husband for her.
(d) Her father was ill.

2. Did Kareem agree to Sultana's demands?
(a) Only many years later.
(b) Yes.
(c) Not at first.
(d) No.

3. Why did they live here?
(a) They did not have the money to build their own palace.
(b) They were waiting until their own palace could be built.
(c) Kareem had a large home.
(d) Sultana had a palace built as a gift for Kareem.

4. Kareem called Sultana and asked what personal question?
(a) If she had been circumcised.
(b) If she was pure.
(c) If she had been married before.
(d) If she wanted to get married.

5. Immediately Kareem's aunts came to the house demanding what?
(a) To see Sultana's father.
(b) To see Sultana.
(c) To threaten Sultana.
(d) To end the engagement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did her husband quickly do?

2. Sultana and her mother-in-law got into a shoving match. What did Kareem do when he saw this?

3. Did Kareem's mother like Sultana?

4. Why did American soldiers join the refugees?

5. Sultana took her passport and a letter allowing her to travel that she forged and flew to Dubai. Why did she fly here?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sultana learn about female circumcision?

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

3. How did Sultana and Sara learn about their futures? What did they learn?

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

5. Where did the couple go for their honeymoon?

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

7. Describe Sultana's wedding ceremony.

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

9. What led Sultana to want to divorce Kareem?

10. What happened when Hussein invaded Kuwait in late 1990?

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