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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 floor of Mernissi's family's house did Aunt Habiba live on?
(a) First.
(b) Third.
(c) Second.
(d) Basement.

2. What did Mina think of terrace magic?
(a) She sometimes chanted incantations on the terrace.
(b) She went along with the crowd.
(c) She was against it.
(d) She lead the incantations.

3. What was Mernissi's father's favorite drink?
(a) Coconut milk.
(b) Tea.
(c) Milk shake with almonds and orange flower essence.
(d) Chocolate milk.

4. What did the children like to play hide-and-go-seek in?
(a) Olive jars.
(b) Aunt Habiba's room.
(c) Mernissi's grandmother's salon.
(d) The courtyard.

5. What does Mernissi say about the men's political discussions in "The Men's Salon"?
(a) Most of the men were not interested in politics.
(b) They were polite.
(c) They were highly emotionally charged.
(d) They got mad and would sulk after discussions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said that skin was political?

2. Who was in charge of finding music on the radio in the women's harem?

3. What was the name of Yasmina's duck?

4. What kind of transportation did Mernissi's father and uncle use when she was a young child?

5. What smell did Mernissi's father hate when his wife did her beauty treatments?

(see the answer key)

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