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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 does Zin mean?
(a) Scholarship.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Desire.
(d) Swiftness.

2. What did Mernissi admire about Zin?
(a) His silly poetry.
(b) His funny jokes.
(c) His handsomeness and elegance.
(d) His happy expression.

3. What did Mernissi's mother dream about in terms of her family life in "Moonlit Nights of Laughter"?
(a) Living alone with her husband and children.
(b) Having more money than her mother-in-law.
(c) Travelling around the world.
(d) Living on the farm with her mother.

4. What was unusual about the bracelets Tamou wore the day she arrived at the farm?
(a) They were solid gold.
(b) They had points sticking out of them.
(c) There were so many she could not lift her arm.
(d) They made a beautiful musical sound.

5. What did Aunt Habiba encourage the women to believe in while she was telling stories?
(a) The power of dreams.
(b) Family rituals.
(c) Unicorns.
(d) The importance of tradition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the women's gardens consist of on Grandfather Tazi's farm?

2. What was Yaya's favorite color?

3. As a child, who did Mernissi have to wait for in order to go into the courtyard in the morning?

4. What did Mernissi admire about her Aunt Habiba?

5. How does Mernissi describe the shape of her face as a young child?

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