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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. Who had trouble sitting through a dance ritual and was shown to the door?
(a) Aunt Habiba.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Chama.
(d) Samir.

2. In what city was Mernissi born?
(a) Instanbul.
(b) Rome.
(c) Fez.
(d) Casablanca.

3. Who guarded the official means of access to the forbidden terrace?
(a) Aunt Habiba.
(b) Zin.
(c) Uncle Mernissi.
(d) Ahmed.

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

5. What was unusual about the bracelets Tamou wore the day she arrived at the farm?
(a) They had points sticking out of them.
(b) They made a beautiful musical sound.
(c) They were solid gold.
(d) There were so many she could not lift her arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Chama listened to feminist programs on Radio Cairo, what did she say about her generation of women?

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

3. What was the name of the well-known and effective djinni exorcist in the Fez region who is described in "Mina, the Rootless"?

4. What did the teacher Lalla Tam say about having debts?

5. Who was Ahmed?

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