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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 did Mernissi say she wanted to learn from Aunt Habiba?
(a) How to make dresses.
(b) How to buy the best cuts of meat in the market.
(c) How to embroider.
(d) How to talk in the night.

2. What did Mernissi admire about Zin?
(a) His handsomeness and elegance.
(b) His happy expression.
(c) His silly poetry.
(d) His funny jokes.

3. What did Mernissi's mother like to do in order to eat dinner alone with her family?
(a) Moonlight picnics on the terrace.
(b) Go to a restaurant.
(c) Get take-out.
(d) Take weekend trips.

4. What did Mernissi perform during Chama's play productions?
(a) Lead actor.
(b) Opera.
(c) Acrobatic leaps.
(d) Cello.

5. What was the Egyptian feminist Huda Sha'raoui known for?
(a) Fancy caftans.
(b) Political campaigns.
(c) Salon parties.
(d) Street marches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What place did Mina come from?

2. What kind of transportation did Mernissi's father and uncle use when she was a young child?

3. What day did Mernissi and her cousin visit Aunt Habiba?

4. How many communal tables were there at Mernissi's house in Fez?

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

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