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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What place did Mina come from?
(a) Timbuktu.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Lebanon.

2. What kind of oil does Mernissi's mother put in Mernissi's hair to tame her unruly locks?
(a) Safflower.
(b) Olive.
(c) Corn.
(d) Coconut.

3. Whose room was the forbidden terrace above?
(a) Aunt Habiba's.
(b) Chama's.
(c) Samir's.
(d) Fatima's.

4. What planet had to appear in the sky on a Friday evening in order to cast a love spell?
(a) Saturn.
(b) Mars.
(c) Venus.
(d) Jupiter.

5. What is ghassoul?
(a) Perfume.
(b) Shampoo sold at the market.
(c) Clay shampoo and lotion.
(d) Mixture of henna and oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owed a large sum of money to Sis Sussi?

2. What did Zin borrow from his father for his costumes for Chama's plays?

3. What was Marrakech also known as?

4. What did Mernissi want her father to have made for her when she sang nationalist songs for her grandmother?

5. How old was Samir when he was no longer welcome in the women's public bath?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mernissi say were the two things a woman had to do to capture a man's love?

2. What did Mernissi like about the nationalist school she was allowed to attend?

3. How did Mernissi's mother tame her daughter's unruly hair?

4. Who was Princess Burdur?

5. What did Mina tell Mernissi about the gap between men and women?

6. How did Mina survive being put down a well by her kidnappers as a young child?

7. Describe Mina's physical appearance.

8. Why did Mernissi become involved with shour, or magic practices?

9. What did Mernissi like about the way Mina danced?

10. Why was Mernissi's mother not allowed to go to literacy classes?

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