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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tree was Yaya happy to receive from the women of the harem?
(a) Olive.
(b) Pear.
(c) Coconut.
(d) Banana.

2. What was shape of the house on Grandfather Tazi's farm where the harem lived?
(a) T-shaped.
(b) U-shaped.
(c) Y-shaped.
(d) L-shaped.

3. What did Yasmina like to do that caused Grandfather Tazi to think she was eccentric?
(a) Cursing.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Climbing trees and hanging on the branches.
(d) Staying up all night.

4. What did Mernissi's mother dream about doing in "The French Harem"?
(a) Roaming freely in the streets.
(b) Writing stories.
(c) Visiting her mother.
(d) Having picnics.

5. What did the women's gardens consist of on Grandfather Tazi's farm?
(a) Lots of flowers.
(b) Well-kept trees and shrubs.
(c) Strange trees, bizarre plants, and animals of all kinds.
(d) Neat vegtable gardens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of competitions did Tamou organize?

2. What did Mernissi fear about going down the dark stairs at night in her childhood home?

3. What did Mernissi's grandmother expect the children in the city harem to do when they visited her?

4. What did Mernissi have to do every night as a child at sundown when the lights were turned on?

5. Who was Scheherazade?

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