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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 did Mernissi's mother dream about in terms of her family life in "Moonlit Nights of Laughter"?
(a) Living on the farm with her mother.
(b) Living alone with her husband and children.
(c) Travelling around the world.
(d) Having more money than her mother-in-law.

2. Where did Mernissi and her family go to have a picnic in the springtime that was ten kilometers away from their home?
(a) Uncle's farm.
(b) Grandfather's farm.
(c) Resort.
(d) Lake.

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

4. What smell did Mernissi's father hate when his wife did her beauty treatments?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Melon.
(c) Henna.
(d) Amber.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rows did the harem reserve for themselves at the movies?

2. What kind of meeting did Mernissi's father call for when he had to decide about Mernissi's education?

3. What did Mernissi choose over playing games with Samir in "Skin Politics"?

4. What floor of Mernissi's family's house did Aunt Habiba live on?

5. Who came to the terrace to look at the Bennis girls?

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