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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Lalla Thor's personality like?
(a) Funny and full of pranks.
(b) Sweet.
(c) Serious, proper, and correct.
(d) Tender.

2. What were the streets of Medina like when Mernissi was growing up?
(a) Narrow, dark, and serpentine.
(b) Tree-lined.
(c) Well-lit.
(d) Large and straight.

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

4. As a child, who did Mernissi have to wait for in order to go into the courtyard in the morning?
(a) Aunt.
(b) Mother.
(c) Father.
(d) Cousin.

5. What was the name of the French city described in "The French Harem"?
(a) Petite Paris.
(b) New France.
(c) Ville Nouvelle.
(d) Medina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Yasmina like to do that caused Grandfather Tazi to think she was eccentric?

2. Who helped Tamou recover from her war experiences and the loss of her family?

3. Who was Scheherazade?

4. Who was Ahmed?

5. How does Mernissi describe the shape of her face as a young child?

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