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

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

3. Who was Mina?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Cousin to Mernissi.
(c) Slave.
(d) Co-wife.

4. What route did Mernissi take to secretly escape her house in Fez?
(a) Terrace.
(b) Back door.
(c) Front gate late at night.
(d) Window.

5. What did Yasmina say was the worst thing for a woman to be cut off from?
(a) Learning to read.
(b) Nature.
(c) Housework.
(d) Social time with the other wives.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time did the doorkeeper in Mernissi's childhood home turn off the stair lights at night?

2. Who rescued Mernissi when she got stuck in the olive jars she had slid into?

3. What did Mernissi's mother say to Mernissi when she tried to rebel against her?

4. What book tells the story of Princess Budar?

5. What did Krisha's wife not like to do?

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