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

2. What did Mernissi's grandmother expect the children in the city harem to do when they visited her?
(a) Make sure their feet were not wet.
(b) Play loud games.
(c) Cook.
(d) Read stories to her.

3. Who was Samir?
(a) Merchant.
(b) Mernissi's cousin.
(c) Mernissi's uncle.
(d) Gatekeeper.

4. What did Mernissi's mother dream about doing in "The French Harem"?
(a) Roaming freely in the streets.
(b) Visiting her mother.
(c) Writing stories.
(d) Having picnics.

5. In "The French Harem," what does Mernissi say she had to have permission to do?
(a) Go through the front gate.
(b) Visit Habiba.
(c) Tell stories.
(d) Be quiet and choose her words carefully.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lalla Thor's personality like?

2. Where did Asmahan have a beauty spot on her face?

3. What day did Mernissi and her cousin visit Aunt Habiba?

4. How does Mernissi describe the harem she lived in in Fez?

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

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