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

2. How does Mernissi describe the shape of her face as a young child?
(a) Round like a moon.
(b) Heart-shaped.
(c) Thin and angular.
(d) High cheekbones and a pointed chin.

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

4. What was shape of the house on Grandfather Tazi's farm where the harem lived?
(a) U-shaped.
(b) L-shaped.
(c) T-shaped.
(d) Y-shaped.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Lalla Thor's personality like?

3. In "The French Harem," what does Mernissi say she had to have permission to do?

4. Who was Samir?

5. What did Mernissi and her cousin sleep on when they stayed overnight with Aunt Habiba?

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