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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 through 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times did Mina dance during the year?
(a) Twice a month.
(b) Once.
(c) Whenever she felt like it.
(d) Every week.

2. What did Mernissi say was the cure for hem?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Beauty and quiet.
(c) Taking medicine.
(d) Eating.

3. When Mernissi dreamed of her "prince" as a young girl, how tall did she want him to be?
(a) Two centimeters taller than her.
(b) A half centimeter taller than her.
(c) One and three-quarters centimeters taller than her.
(d) At least one centimeter taller than her.

4. Why did Mernissi cover her hair with her mother's scarf at the public baths?
(a) So she could look glamorous.
(b) Because her mother told her to.
(c) To hide from Hitler.
(d) She wanted to see what wearing a veil was like.

5. Who played the part of the Prince Hassan in the play about Asmahan?
(a) Samir.
(b) Chama.
(c) Fatima.
(d) Zin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of meeting did Mernissi's father call for when he had to decide about Mernissi's education?

2. What did Mina think of terrace magic?

3. What did the women in Mernissi's house value that was dismissed as trivial by the men?

4. What language did Zin master?

5. When Mernissi went home from school to have lunch, what animal did she like to hug in the street?

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