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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. Who embroidered a big green bird with golden wings?
(a) Aunt Habiba.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Malika.
(d) Chama.

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

3. What kind of classes did Mernissi's mother want to take at the neighborhood school?
(a) Literacy.
(b) Literature.
(c) Science.
(d) Mathematics.

4. What did Mernissi want her father to have made for her when she sang nationalist songs for her grandmother?
(a) Hat.
(b) Small Moroccan flag.
(c) Fancy shoes.
(d) Jeans.

5. What kind of bird did Chama and Mernissi's mother embroider on Chama's red silk qamis?
(a) Peacock.
(b) Blue bird.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Sparrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rank did Lalla Thor have on Grandfather Tazi's farm?

2. What book tells the story of Princess Budar?

3. Who owed a large sum of money to Sis Sussi?

4. Who did Mernissi go to for comfort at the end of the book after she realized that she and Samir would no longer be together as playmates?

5. What did Zin and Jawad wear when they went to the movies?

(see the answer key)

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