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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 through 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Scheherazade?
(a) Gardner.
(b) Slave.
(c) Storyteller.
(d) Warrior.

2. What year was Mernissi born?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1970.

3. What floor of Mernissi's family's house did Aunt Habiba live on?
(a) First.
(b) Basement.
(c) Second.
(d) Third.

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

5. Who helped Mernissi get permission to go to the movies as a child?
(a) Her father.
(b) Chama.
(c) Samir.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What game did Yasmina create to help Mernissi fall asleep in "The French Harem"?

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

4. What language did Zin master?

5. What did Krisha's wife not like to do?

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