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

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

3. What was shape of the house on Grandfather Tazi's farm where the harem lived?
(a) Y-shaped.
(b) T-shaped.
(c) L-shaped.
(d) U-shaped.

4. As a child, who did Mernissi have to wait for in order to go into the courtyard in the morning?
(a) Mother.
(b) Father.
(c) Aunt.
(d) Cousin.

5. What was Mernissi's father's favorite drink?
(a) Tea.
(b) Chocolate milk.
(c) Coconut milk.
(d) Milk shake with almonds and orange flower essence.

6. What did Mernissi say she wanted to learn from Aunt Habiba?
(a) How to make dresses.
(b) How to buy the best cuts of meat in the market.
(c) How to embroider.
(d) How to talk in the night.

7. What did the women in Mernissi's house value that was dismissed as trivial by the men?
(a) Entertainment.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Baking.
(d) Gossiping.

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

9. What did Mernissi admire about Zin?
(a) His silly poetry.
(b) His funny jokes.
(c) His happy expression.
(d) His handsomeness and elegance.

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

11. Why did Mernissi's father make the harem's youth stay with him on his brother's farm during the summer holidays?
(a) So they would not lose interest in the land.
(b) To relax and have fun.
(c) To study and read uninterrupted.
(d) To get together for dances.

12. What was the "djellaba" that Mernissi's mother wanted to wear?
(a) Caftan.
(b) Men's coat that allowed for freedom of walking.
(c) Pants that the nationalists' wives wore.
(d) Dress styled on western fashions.

13. Where did Asmahan have a beauty spot on her face?
(a) Left side of her chin.
(b) Just below her right eye.
(c) Cheek.
(d) Forehead.

14. What did Grandfather Tazi have built for Tamou after she became one of his wives?
(a) Swing.
(b) Pavillion on top of Yasmina's house.
(c) Stable for her horse.
(d) Large statute depicting her family.

15. What did Mernissi's mother like to do in order to eat dinner alone with her family?
(a) Get take-out.
(b) Go to a restaurant.
(c) Moonlight picnics on the terrace.
(d) Take weekend trips.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zin mean?

2. What route did Mernissi take to secretly escape her house in Fez?

3. At what time did the doorkeeper in Mernissi's childhood home turn off the stair lights at night?

4. What did the women's gardens consist of on Grandfather Tazi's farm?

5. How does Mernissi describe the harem she lived in in Fez?

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