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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was in charge of finding music on the radio in the women's harem?

2. Who played the part of the Prince Hassan in the play about Asmahan?

3. What was Lalla Thor's personality like?

4. What kind of competitions did Tamou organize?

5. What did Mernissi travel in when she went on a picnic ten kilometers from her home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Did Yasmina feel close to her co-wives?

2. What worried Samir and Mernissi about Hitler?

3. What did the women of the harem do so they could listen to the radio?

4. Why did moonlight picnics make Mernissi's mother happy?

5. How did Grandfather Tazi try and persuade Yasmina to stop calling her duck Thor after his first wife?

6. What did Mernissi like about Chama's theory about how the harem first got started?

7. Why did Mernissi admire Asmahan?

8. How did the Mernissi harem prepare to go on a picnic in the country?

9. Why did the women of the farm harem decide to wash the dishes in the river?

10. How does Mernissi describe the French soldiers who patrolled the streets outside her house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Thor and Yasmina's relationship. Why did Yasmina dislike Thor? What did she do that angered Thor? How did Yasmina resolve the conflict?

Essay Topic 2

What world event did Malika misinform Mernissi and Samir about? How did they react to protect themselves? Did Mernissi's mother approve?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways did the natural world play an essential role in the lives of women in this memoir? How did Mernissi respond to living on the farm as opposed to the city house? What did Yasmina tell her about the natural world and women?

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