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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who told Mernissi that she should never accept inequality because it was not logical?
(a) Her father.
(b) Grandfather Tazi.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Yasmina.

4. In what year did Tamou arrive at Grandfather Tazi's farm?
(a) 1926.
(b) 2003.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1945.

5. What did Mernissi admire about her Aunt Habiba?
(a) Storytelling abilities.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Special treats.
(d) Luxurious apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What floor of Mernissi's family's house did Aunt Habiba live on?

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

3. What was unusual about the bracelets Tamou wore the day she arrived at the farm?

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

5. What was shape of the house on Grandfather Tazi's farm where the harem lived?

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