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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 did Sultana learn about a woman she met on the plane?

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

3. What news reached Sara and Sultana?

4. Sultana and Kareem moved into whose home?

5. Nura explained that in their culture girls often had what removed when they reached maturity?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Sultana's wedding ceremony.

3. How did Sultana feel about Kareem?

4. Describe the relationship between Kareem and Sultana at the beginning of their marriage.

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

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

7. What did Sultana learn about female circumcision?

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

9. How did Kareem and Sultana finally make up?

10. How did the country react to the king's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ali returned home from the U.S.

Part 1) Describe Ali's behavior in the U.S. Did he return home a changed man? Why or why not?

Part 2) What did Ali's return reveal about the impact of his upbringing and his experiences in the U.S.?

Part 3) How did Sultana reinforce the theme of strong women upon Ali's return? What did this reveal about Ali? What did this also reveal about Sultana?

Essay Topic 2

Sultana was sterilized.

Part 1) What led to her sterilization? How did this affect her?

Part 2) Did Kareem's reaction to her sterilization surprise you? Why or why not? Also, was Sultana's response surprising? Why or why not?

Part 3) Could Sultana have handled this situation in a less dramatic way? Why or why not? How might you have dealt with this? Explain.

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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