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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14 trhough 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color did Mina like to wear?
(a) Pink.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Saffron.

2. How many children did Ahmed have?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) One.

3. Who was in charge of finding music on the radio in the women's harem?
(a) Fatima.
(b) Chama.
(c) Fatima's mother.
(d) Aunt Habiba.

4. What ailment does the Moroccan word "hem" refer to?
(a) Bad cough.
(b) Allergies.
(c) Dizziness.
(d) Mild depression.

5. Who was Scheherazade?
(a) Storyteller.
(b) Slave.
(c) Gardner.
(d) Warrior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zin mean?

2. What did the women's gardens consist of on Grandfather Tazi's farm?

3. What did Mernissi say was the cure for hem?

4. How often did the women of Tazi's farm go to the public baths?

5. What did Mernissi's mother say to Mernissi when she tried to rebel against her?

(see the answer key)

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