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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 was unusual about the bracelets Tamou wore the day she arrived at the farm?
(a) There were so many she could not lift her arm.
(b) They had points sticking out of them.
(c) They made a beautiful musical sound.
(d) They were solid gold.

2. What foreign language could Tamou speak fluently?
(a) French.
(b) Greek.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Italian.

3. Who was Samir?
(a) Merchant.
(b) Mernissi's uncle.
(c) Gatekeeper.
(d) Mernissi's cousin.

4. What did Mernissi say she wanted to learn from Aunt Habiba?
(a) How to buy the best cuts of meat in the market.
(b) How to embroider.
(c) How to make dresses.
(d) How to talk in the night.

5. What was Yaya's favorite color?
(a) Silver.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day did Mernissi and her cousin visit Aunt Habiba?

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

3. Why did Aunt Habiba have to live in Mernissi's father's household?

4. As a child, who did Mernissi have to wait for in order to go into the courtyard in the morning?

5. What did Yaya give the wives of the harem in exchange for them doing her housework?

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