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

2. What did Mernissi's mother say she wanted for her daughters when they were older?
(a) To know how to play an instrument.
(b) To know how to cook.
(c) Exciting, happy lives.
(d) To live in a happy harem.

3. What did the women's gardens consist of on Grandfather Tazi's farm?
(a) Neat vegtable gardens.
(b) Lots of flowers.
(c) Strange trees, bizarre plants, and animals of all kinds.
(d) Well-kept trees and shrubs.

4. How often did the women of Tazi's farm go to the public baths?
(a) Three times a week.
(b) Once every two weeks.
(c) Daily.
(d) Every other day.

5. What language did Zin master?
(a) French.
(b) Russian.
(c) English.
(d) Italian.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What were the streets of Medina like when Mernissi was growing up?

3. What did the children like to play hide-and-go-seek in?

4. Why did Mernissi cover her hair with her mother's scarf at the public baths?

5. What day did Mernissi and her cousin visit Aunt Habiba?

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