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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. What significant event occurred while Sultana was in Cairo?

2. Why did Nura respond this way?

3. Why did Nadia's father choose her punishment?

4. What had Sara's husband done to her?

5. Who replaced the king on the throne?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the purpose of the marriage ceremony?

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

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

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

5. Why did Nura take Sultana and Sara on a trip?

6. Why could nothing be done for this little girl?

7. What happened when Sultana returned from her trip?

8. Why did Marci have trouble being in touch with Madeline?

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

10. How did Sultana's trip end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sultana's mother died.

Part 1) How did this affect Sultana? How did the rituals surrounding the death of a woman support the theme of oppression?

Part 2) What other women died in this story? Why? How did these deaths also support the theme of oppression?

Part 3) How is death a theme in this book? How is this related to the other themes?

Essay Topic 2

There was animosity between Sultana and her brother, Ali.

Part 1) Why did this animosity exist? What did it reveal about their personalities?

Part 2) How have their parents played a role in their relationship?

Part 3) How were both Ali and Sultana adversely affected by the way they have been raised and their relationship with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Sultana created a woman's group.

Part 1) Describe this woman's group. Why did she create this group? Why did it not turn out as she had planned?

Part 2) How could this group have been beneficial? Throughout history, what other women's groups have been formed? Why?

Part 3) Would a woman's group be necessary if men and women were equals? Why or why not?

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