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

2. What rank did Lalla Thor have on Grandfather Tazi's farm?
(a) First wife.
(b) Eighth wife.
(c) Fifth wife.
(d) Second wife.

3. What floor of Mernissi's family's house did Aunt Habiba live on?
(a) Third.
(b) Second.
(c) Basement.
(d) First.

4. What day did Mernissi and her cousin visit Aunt Habiba?
(a) Wednesdays.
(b) Fridays.
(c) Mondays.
(d) Saturdays.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How often did the women of Tazi's farm go to the public baths?

2. What book did Mernissi's mother request that her husband read to her?

3. What did Mernissi admire about her Aunt Habiba?

4. What was the "djellaba" that Mernissi's mother wanted to wear?

5. What color uniforms did the French soldiers wear when Mernissi was young?

(see the answer key)

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