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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. What kind of transportation did Mernissi's father and uncle use when she was a young child?
(a) Bicycles.
(b) Cars.
(c) Horses.
(d) Mules.

2. What did Mernissi fear about going down the dark stairs at night in her childhood home?
(a) Fear of rats.
(b) Fear of falling.
(c) Fear of doorkeeper.
(d) Fear of demons.

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

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

5. What piece of attire did Yaya change according to her moods?
(a) Turban.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Shawl.
(d) Jewelry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What program did the women of the harem like to listen to on the radio?

2. Where did Mernissi and her family go to have a picnic in the springtime that was ten kilometers away from their home?

3. What foreign language could Tamou speak fluently?

4. Who was Ahmed?

5. Who was Zin?

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