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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 rumor was spreading about one woman?

2. Sultana told Kareem she would only return to him if he promised to do what?

3. How did this comment leave Ali?

4. What did the death of this prominent person prompt Asad to do?

5. Sultana was told a story by one of the nurses about another girl staying in the maternity ward. This girl had been raped by whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Kareem and Sultana finally make up?

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

7. How did Sultana get revenge on her brother?

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

9. What did Sultana learn from a woman she met on the flight to London?

10. What story did Sultana learn while in the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A theme is that of strong women.

Part 1) What women were strong in this story? How were they seen as strong?

Part 2) How is this theme connected to the theme of oppression? How do these two themes affect the relationships between men and women?

Part 3) How is this theme a universal theme?

Essay Topic 2

Sultana took her children to Europe.

Part 1) Why did she do this? What did this say about Sultana and the situation in which she found herself?

Part 2) How did this continue the theme of strong women? Could you have had the strength and courage to do this? Why or why not?

Part 3) Why did Kareem agree to Sultana's demands? What would have happened if he had not agreed? Use the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

The oppression of women is a recurring theme.

Part 1) How is this a theme? How does this theme support the purpose of the book?

Part 2) Is this a universal theme? Why or why not? How can you relate to this theme?

Part 3) How does this theme help to reveal the strength of the women in this story?

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