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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Sara to be married?

2. As Sultana and her brother fought, Omar, their father's driver, didwhat?

3. Sultana's mother managed to convince Sultana's father to allow whom to be educated?

4. What took place in the middle of the desert as was the tradition in their country?

5. What were the king's brothers reluctant to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the consequences for Wafa and Nadia?

2. What did Sultana and her mother learn about Sara's hospitalization?

3. How did Sultana's trip end?

4. For how long were Sultana and her mother told to stay away from Sara? Why were they able to see her after only four months?

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

6. What meeting did Sultana overhear?

7. Describe Sara during the wedding.

8. How did Sultana learn that not all men were cruel?

9. What happened one day when Sultana and Sara returned early from a shopping trip?

10. What was the purpose of the marriage ceremony?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sara was married to a man twice her age.

Part 1) Why was she married to this man? How did this marriage affect her?

Part 2) Was this a typical marriage? Why or why not? How was Sara saved from this marriage?

Part 3) Compare her first marriage to her second. Why were they so different?

Essay Topic 2

Sultana was sad at the end of the book.

Part 1) Why was she sad? How was this feeling of sadness carried throughout the book?

Part 2) Was there any hope for Sultana's life, her children, and her culture, according to Sultana? Why or why not? Do you believe there was hope for them? Why or why not?

Part 3) How has this book affected you, your view of Middle Eastern culture, and our own country? Why?

Essay Topic 3

There was conflict between Sultana and her mother-in-law.

Part 1) Describe this conflict. Why did this conflict exist? How was this conflict resolved?

Part 2) How did Sultana show her strength throughout this ordeal? What could be learned from her?

Part 3) With whom have you had a conflict? How was this conflict resolved? Did you show your strength throughout this ordeal? If so, how? If not, why not?

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