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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. What was the official means of access to the forbidden terrace?

2. What did Mernissi say was the cure for hem?

3. Who told Mernissi that if she wanted to be happy, she should get up early in the morning?

4. Who embroidered a big green bird with golden wings?

5. Why did Mernissi's father run away from her mother in fear in the final chapter of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Samir thrown out of the women's hamman?

2. What were love glances and how did Chama use them successfully?

3. What was Aunt Habiba's rule for the children who attended Sidi Belal's dance?

4. Who was Princess Burdur?

5. How did Mina help Mernissi get out of the olive jar when she was stuck?

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

7. What was Mernissi's father's attitude about her mother's beauty rituals?

8. Why did Aunt Habiba visit the forbidden terrace?

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

10. How did Lalla Mani prepare her face mask made of dates?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the quality of life for women in the harems in Fez and on Grandfather Tazi's farm. Who seemed to have more freedom?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the symbolism of the forbidden terrace. Why did the children and depressed women wish to go to the terrace? How did lives seem to change and grow because of the terrace?

Essay Topic 3

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

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