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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 section of the harem did Mernissi's mother and Chama walk in to get to the movies?
(a) Men's.
(b) Rebel's.
(c) With the children.
(d) Elderly section.

2. Where did the women on Tazi's farm do the dishes in the summer?
(a) River.
(b) Lake.
(c) House.
(d) Stream.

3. What cloth was the small veil, or litham, made of that the nationalists' wives wore?
(a) Heavy cotton.
(b) Polyester.
(c) Wool.
(d) Sheer silk chiffon.

4. What language did Zin master?
(a) Italian.
(b) English.
(c) Russian.
(d) French.

5. What did Mernissi have trouble pronouncing when she was young?
(a) "B" words.
(b) Rolling her Rs.
(c) Words with "th" in them.
(d) "P" words.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mernissi fear about going down the dark stairs at night in her childhood home?

2. What kind of transportation did Mernissi's father and uncle use when she was a young child?

3. Who told Mernissi that she should never accept inequality because it was not logical?

4. What did Yasmina like to do that caused Grandfather Tazi to think she was eccentric?

5. Who helped Mernissi get permission to go to the movies as a child?

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