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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. How long did it take for Aunt Habiba to embroider her black velvet caftan?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three years.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) One day.

2. What does Mernissi say was the turning point in her relationship with her mother?
(a) When she turned eighteen.
(b) When she learned about menstruation.
(c) When she left the harem for good.
(d) When she was twenty-one.

3. Where did the women on Tazi's farm do the dishes in the summer?
(a) House.
(b) Lake.
(c) River.
(d) Stream.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Leila Mourad?

2. What ailment does the Moroccan word "hem" refer to?

3. What cloth was the small veil, or litham, made of that the nationalists' wives wore?

4. Why did Mina like to go to the forbidden terrace?

5. What color uniforms did the French soldiers wear when Mernissi was young?

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