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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. Father was _____________ at Sultana's attempted sabotage.

2. What did Sultana's friend's father allow her?

3. What was Asad's reaction upon seeing Sara?

4. Ali told his father he wanted to marry. Why?

5. What did her husband quickly do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sultana learn about female circumcision?

2. Describe Sultana's wedding ceremony.

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

4. How did Sultana and her mother-in-law finally make up?

5. How did Sultana get revenge on her brother?

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

7. How did Sultana react to learning she was to be married?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sultana was the daughter of a prince of Saudi Arabia.

Part 1) Describe her life. How did being a princess affect her life and decisions made about her life?

Part 2) Would you consider her life a privileged one? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does her life compare to your own? Can you relate to her? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Sultana and some of her sisters were educated.

Part 1) Why did they receive an education? How did this affect them?

Part 2) Could the education of women help their situation in Saudi Arabia? If so, how? If not, why not?

Part 3) How did Sultana use her education to benefit herself and her family? What could you learn from this?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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