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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did Mernissi's mother do before going to the movies?
(a) Had a dinner party.
(b) Applied make-up and styled her hair.
(c) Bought enough tickets for the whole harem.
(d) Made popcorn.

6. What did the women's gardens consist of on Grandfather Tazi's farm?
(a) Well-kept trees and shrubs.
(b) Strange trees, bizarre plants, and animals of all kinds.
(c) Lots of flowers.
(d) Neat vegtable gardens.

7. How did Asmahan die?
(a) Airplane accident.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Car accident.

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

9. What did Asmahan always wear around her neck?
(a) Pearl necklace.
(b) Scarf.
(c) Black fedora.
(d) Diamond necklace.

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

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

12. What did Mernissi fear about going down the dark stairs at night in her childhood home?
(a) Fear of falling.
(b) Fear of demons.
(c) Fear of rats.
(d) Fear of doorkeeper.

13. What did Yasmina say was the worst thing for a woman to be cut off from?
(a) Social time with the other wives.
(b) Nature.
(c) Learning to read.
(d) Housework.

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

15. What did Mernissi's mother dream about in terms of her family life in "Moonlit Nights of Laughter"?
(a) Living alone with her husband and children.
(b) Travelling around the world.
(c) Having more money than her mother-in-law.
(d) Living on the farm with her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the women on Tazi's farm do the dishes in the summer?

2. What was shape of the house on Grandfather Tazi's farm where the harem lived?

3. What did Mernissi travel in when she went on a picnic ten kilometers from her home?

4. What instrument did Uncle Karim play?

5. In what year did Tamou arrive at Grandfather Tazi's farm?

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