|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where did the women on Tazi's farm do the dishes in the summer?
(a) Lake.
(b) House.
(c) River.
(d) Stream.
2. What does Zin mean?
(a) Scholarship.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Swiftness.
(d) Desire.
3. What was Mernissi's father's favorite drink?
(a) Milk shake with almonds and orange flower essence.
(b) Tea.
(c) Chocolate milk.
(d) Coconut milk.
4. What did Mernissi's mother say to Mernissi when she tried to rebel against her?
(a) She thought her daughter was too dramatic.
(b) Rebel when you know there is some chance you may win.
(c) No rebelling ever.
(d) She did not take her seriously.
5. Who was in charge of finding music on the radio in the women's harem?
(a) Fatima's mother.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Chama.
(d) Aunt Habiba.
6. What did Mernissi have to do every night as a child at sundown when the lights were turned on?
(a) Serve tea.
(b) Light candles.
(c) Make sure the lights were on in the stairwells.
(d) Kiss the grownups hands and say good evening.
7. What color uniforms did the French soldiers wear when Mernissi was young?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Gray.
8. What game did Yasmina create to help Mernissi fall asleep in "The French Harem"?
(a) Making up adventure stories.
(b) Counting stars.
(c) The walk in the open fields.
(d) Counting sheep.
9. Who was Zin?
(a) Family gardner.
(b) Doorkeeper.
(c) Family cook.
(d) Messina's cousin.
10. In what year did Tamou arrive at Grandfather Tazi's farm?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1945.
(c) 2003.
(d) 1926.
11. Where did Asmahan have a beauty spot on her face?
(a) Left side of her chin.
(b) Forehead.
(c) Cheek.
(d) Just below her right eye.
12. Who was Krisha?
(a) Man of authority.
(b) Security guard.
(c) Driver of the harem farm women.
(d) Farmer.
13. What did Mernissi say she wanted to learn from Aunt Habiba?
(a) How to make dresses.
(b) How to embroider.
(c) How to buy the best cuts of meat in the market.
(d) How to talk in the night.
14. As a child, who did Mernissi have to wait for in order to go into the courtyard in the morning?
(a) Cousin.
(b) Father.
(c) Mother.
(d) Aunt.
15. How did Mernissi get hurt the first time she tried to escape the harem?
(a) Sprained her ankle.
(b) Broke her arm.
(c) Scraped her knees.
(d) Cut her hand.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the "djellaba" that Mernissi's mother wanted to wear?
2. What kind of competitions did Tamou organize?
3. What program did the women of the harem like to listen to on the radio?
4. What was Lalla Thor's personality like?
5. What day did Mernissi and her cousin visit Aunt Habiba?
|
This section contains 426 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
|



