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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. Who guarded the official means of access to the forbidden terrace?
(a) Zin.
(b) Ahmed.
(c) Aunt Habiba.
(d) Uncle Mernissi.

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

3. How high was the forbidden terrace?
(a) Ten meters.
(b) Five meters higher than the one below it.
(c) Two meters.
(d) Six meters.

4. What did Mernissi have trouble pronouncing when she was young?
(a) "B" words.
(b) Words with "th" in them.
(c) Rolling her Rs.
(d) "P" words.

5. What book tells the story of Princess Budar?
(a) The Lives of Egyptian Feminists.
(b) Grimm's Fairy Tales.
(c) Tales of Arabian Knights.
(d) A Thousand and One Nights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lalla Thor's personality like?

2. Who was Leila Mourad?

3. What color did Mina like to wear?

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

5. What did Aunt Habiba use to get to the forbidden terrace?

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