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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 through 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year was Mernissi born?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1962.

2. What did Krisha's wife not like to do?
(a) Sing.
(b) Read.
(c) Housework.
(d) Garden.

3. What kind of transportation did Mernissi's father and uncle use when she was a young child?
(a) Cars.
(b) Horses.
(c) Bicycles.
(d) Mules.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mernissi admire about Zin?

2. What program did the women of the harem like to listen to on the radio?

3. What did Mernissi's mother like to do in order to eat dinner alone with her family?

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

5. Why did Mernissi smuggle kohl from her mother's vanity table for Samir?

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