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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 through 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Aunt Habiba encourage the women to believe in while she was telling stories?
(a) Unicorns.
(b) The importance of tradition.
(c) Family rituals.
(d) The power of dreams.

2. What did Mernissi choose over playing games with Samir in "Skin Politics"?
(a) Being more serious about her studies.
(b) Beauty treatments.
(c) Spending time with Chama.
(d) Another playmate.

3. Who did Chama receive a love letter from that Samir and Mernissi delivered to her?
(a) Zin.
(b) Chadli.
(c) Kemal.
(d) Rudolph.

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

5. Who said happiness was inconceivable without terraces?
(a) Samir.
(b) Chama.
(c) Mernissi.
(d) Uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Grandfather Tazi have built for Tamou after she became one of his wives?

2. How old was Samir when he was no longer welcome in the women's public bath?

3. What was the name of the well-known and effective djinni exorcist in the Fez region who is described in "Mina, the Rootless"?

4. What did the teacher Lalla Tam say about having debts?

5. Who was Sis Sussi?

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