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

2. What does the Moroccan word "tanaqod" mean?
(a) Eagerness.
(b) Contradiction.
(c) Panic.
(d) Simplicity.

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

4. Who embroidered a big green bird with golden wings?
(a) Aunt Habiba.
(b) Chama.
(c) Fatima.
(d) Malika.

5. As a child, who did Mernissi have to wait for in order to go into the courtyard in the morning?
(a) Aunt.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Mother.
(d) Father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mernissi travel in when she went on a picnic ten kilometers from her home?

2. Who was Scheherazade?

3. What was Yaya's favorite color?

4. How high was the forbidden terrace?

5. Who is Fatima Mernissi?

(see the answer key)

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