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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mernissi describe Granfather Tazi's physical form?
(a) Tall and lanky.
(b) Medium build and slim.
(c) Short.
(d) Fat.

2. What program did the women of the harem like to listen to on the radio?
(a) News.
(b) BBC.
(c) Soap Operas.
(d) Radio Cairo.

3. What did Krisha's wife not like to do?
(a) Read.
(b) Sing.
(c) Housework.
(d) Garden.

4. What cloth was the small veil, or litham, made of that the nationalists' wives wore?
(a) Wool.
(b) Heavy cotton.
(c) Polyester.
(d) Sheer silk chiffon.

5. What tree was Yaya happy to receive from the women of the harem?
(a) Coconut.
(b) Pear.
(c) Olive.
(d) Banana.

6. What day did Mernissi and her cousin visit Aunt Habiba?
(a) Fridays.
(b) Wednesdays.
(c) Mondays.
(d) Saturdays.

7. What does Zin mean?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Swiftness.
(c) Desire.
(d) Scholarship.

8. Who told Mernissi that she should never accept inequality because it was not logical?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Grandfather Tazi.
(d) Yasmina.

9. How does Mernissi describe the shape of her face as a young child?
(a) Round like a moon.
(b) Heart-shaped.
(c) Thin and angular.
(d) High cheekbones and a pointed chin.

10. What did Mernissi have to do every night as a child at sundown when the lights were turned on?
(a) Serve tea.
(b) Make sure the lights were on in the stairwells.
(c) Kiss the grownups hands and say good evening.
(d) Light candles.

11. How does Mernissi describe the harem she lived in in Fez?
(a) Like a fortress.
(b) A fun castle.
(c) A comforting safe haven.
(d) Like a storybook fantasy.

12. What language did Zin master?
(a) Russian.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) Italian.

13. In what year did Tamou arrive at Grandfather Tazi's farm?
(a) 2003.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1945.

14. How many rows did the harem reserve for themselves at the movies?
(a) Ten.
(b) One.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

15. What did Mernissi's grandmother expect the children in the city harem to do when they visited her?
(a) Cook.
(b) Read stories to her.
(c) Play loud games.
(d) Make sure their feet were not wet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mernissi and her cousin sleep on when they stayed overnight with Aunt Habiba?

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

3. What was Lalla Thor's personality like?

4. Who is Fatima Mernissi?

5. What was unusual about the bracelets Tamou wore the day she arrived at the farm?

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