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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's grandmother expect the children in the city harem to do when they visited her?
(a) Cook.
(b) Make sure their feet were not wet.
(c) Play loud games.
(d) Read stories to her.

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

3. What did Mernissi come to associate wearing caftans with during her childhood?
(a) Dressing up for birthday parties.
(b) Religious festivals.
(c) Everyday wear.
(d) Wearing to picnics.

4. What reason does Mernissi give for why fresh olives cannot be eaten?
(a) They need to ripen.
(b) They need to be hardened.
(c) They are too hard.
(d) They are too bitter.

5. What does Zin mean?
(a) Scholarship.
(b) Desire.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Swiftness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helped Tamou recover from her war experiences and the loss of her family?

2. How does Mernissi describe "Hanan"?

3. Who was Krisha?

4. In what year did Tamou arrive at Grandfather Tazi's farm?

5. How does Mernissi describe the shape of her face as a young child?

(see the answer key)

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