View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14 trhough 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of competitions did Tamou organize?
(a) Running.
(b) Baking.
(c) Musical performances.
(d) Horse riding.

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

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

4. What were the streets of Medina like when Mernissi was growing up?
(a) Large and straight.
(b) Narrow, dark, and serpentine.
(c) Tree-lined.
(d) Well-lit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mernissi's grandmother expect the children in the city harem to do when they visited her?

2. Who was Mina?

3. What kind of prize did the winner of Tamou's competitions receive?

4. What did Zin borrow from his father for his costumes for Chama's plays?

5. What did Mernissi and her cousin sleep on when they stayed overnight with Aunt Habiba?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 200 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample