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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14 trhough 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times did Mina dance during the year?
(a) Every week.
(b) Twice a month.
(c) Whenever she felt like it.
(d) Once.

2. How did Mernissi get hurt the first time she tried to escape the harem?
(a) Cut her hand.
(b) Sprained her ankle.
(c) Broke her arm.
(d) Scraped her knees.

3. What color uniforms did the French soldiers wear when Mernissi was young?
(a) Gray.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

4. What were the streets of Medina like when Mernissi was growing up?
(a) Tree-lined.
(b) Large and straight.
(c) Well-lit.
(d) Narrow, dark, and serpentine.

5. What place did Mina come from?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Timbuktu.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Lebanon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the children like to play hide-and-go-seek in?

2. How many rows did the harem reserve for themselves at the movies?

3. Who played the part of the Prince Hassan in the play about Asmahan?

4. What kind of jewelry did Yasmina wear that Mernissi liked to play with?

5. How did Asmahan die?

(see the answer key)

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