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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 through 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Yasmina say was the worst thing for a woman to be cut off from?
(a) Learning to read.
(b) Housework.
(c) Social time with the other wives.
(d) Nature.

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

3. Where did Asmahan have a beauty spot on her face?
(a) Left side of her chin.
(b) Forehead.
(c) Just below her right eye.
(d) Cheek.

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

5. Who is Fatima Mernissi?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Author.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Pediatrician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mernissi's mother say she wanted for her daughters when they were older?

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

3. How does Mernissi describe Granfather Tazi's physical form?

4. Why did Mernissi cover her hair with her mother's scarf at the public baths?

5. What does the anxiety prayer "Ya Latif" mean?

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