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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mernissi get hurt the first time she tried to escape the harem?
(a) Broke her arm.
(b) Scraped her knees.
(c) Cut her hand.
(d) Sprained her ankle.

2. Who was Krisha?
(a) Security guard.
(b) Man of authority.
(c) Driver of the harem farm women.
(d) Farmer.

3. How often did the women of Tazi's farm go to the public baths?
(a) Every other day.
(b) Daily.
(c) Once every two weeks.
(d) Three times a week.

4. Who helped Mernissi get permission to go to the movies as a child?
(a) Chama.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Samir.

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

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

7. What year was Mernissi born?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1959.

8. How does Mernissi describe "Hanan"?
(a) Political uprising.
(b) Spicy food.
(c) Moroccan emotional quality.
(d) Educational program.

9. Who was in charge of finding music on the radio in the women's harem?
(a) Aunt Habiba.
(b) Fatima's mother.
(c) Chama.
(d) Fatima.

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

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

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

13. What does the Morrocan word "Allemane" mean?
(a) Bitter.
(b) German.
(c) Picture.
(d) Cold.

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

15. What game did Yasmina create to help Mernissi fall asleep in "The French Harem"?
(a) Counting stars.
(b) Making up adventure stories.
(c) The walk in the open fields.
(d) Counting sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mernissi's father's favorite drink?

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

3. What book did Mernissi's mother request that her husband read to her?

4. What did Mernissi admire about Zin?

5. What kind of jewelry did Yasmina wear that Mernissi liked to play with?

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