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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 was the one thing that Mernissi's mother and Lalla Radia, Samir's mother, agreed upon?
(a) Their friendship with their mother-in-law.
(b) Their love of singing.
(c) Their belief in harems.
(d) Their hatred of co-wives.

2. In "The French Harem," what does Mernissi say she had to have permission to do?
(a) Be quiet and choose her words carefully.
(b) Tell stories.
(c) Go through the front gate.
(d) Visit Habiba.

3. What was unusual about the bracelets Tamou wore the day she arrived at the farm?
(a) They had points sticking out of them.
(b) They were solid gold.
(c) There were so many she could not lift her arm.
(d) They made a beautiful musical sound.

4. What did Aunt Habiba use to get to the forbidden terrace?
(a) Rope.
(b) Stairs.
(c) Laundry bucket.
(d) Laundry poles.

5. Who rescued Mernissi when she got stuck in the olive jars she had slid into?
(a) Mina.
(b) Samir.
(c) Chama.
(d) Malika.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Scheherazade?

2. What color uniforms did the French soldiers wear when Mernissi was young?

3. What did Mernissi admire about Zin?

4. What was the name of the French city described in "The French Harem"?

5. What did Grandfather Tazi have built for Tamou after she became one of his wives?

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