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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 was the name of Yasmina's duck?
(a) King Farouk.
(b) Isabella.
(c) Jane.
(d) Thor.

2. What game did Yasmina create to help Mernissi fall asleep in "The French Harem"?
(a) Making up adventure stories.
(b) The walk in the open fields.
(c) Counting stars.
(d) Counting sheep.

3. Who was Zin?
(a) Family cook.
(b) Doorkeeper.
(c) Messina's cousin.
(d) Family gardner.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of clothing did Mernissi wear when she was young?

3. What did Yaya give the wives of the harem in exchange for them doing her housework?

4. What route did Mernissi take to secretly escape her house in Fez?

5. Why did Mernissi's father make the harem's youth stay with him on his brother's farm during the summer holidays?

(see the answer key)

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