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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 day did Mernissi and her cousin visit Aunt Habiba?
(a) Fridays.
(b) Wednesdays.
(c) Saturdays.
(d) Mondays.

2. What was the name of Yasmina's duck?
(a) Jane.
(b) Isabella.
(c) King Farouk.
(d) Thor.

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

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

5. What were the streets of Medina like when Mernissi was growing up?
(a) Well-lit.
(b) Tree-lined.
(c) Narrow, dark, and serpentine.
(d) Large and straight.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Lalla Thor's personality like?

3. What did Mernissi have to do every night as a child at sundown when the lights were turned on?

4. What piece of attire did Yaya change according to her moods?

5. What color uniforms did the French soldiers wear when Mernissi was young?

(see the answer key)

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