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

2. 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.

3. How often did the women of Tazi's farm go to the public baths?
(a) Every other day.
(b) Once every two weeks.
(c) Daily.
(d) Three times a week.

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

5. Who was Krisha?
(a) Driver of the harem farm women.
(b) Security guard.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Man of authority.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mernissi's mother like to do in order to eat dinner alone with her family?

2. How did Asmahan die?

3. What does Zin mean?

4. What did Yasmina want Mernissa to concentrate on instead of rules and barriers in "The Harem Within"?

5. How did Mernissi get hurt the first time she tried to escape the harem?

(see the answer key)

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