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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rank did Lalla Thor have on Grandfather Tazi's farm?
(a) Second wife.
(b) Eighth wife.
(c) Fifth wife.
(d) First wife.

2. What were the streets of Medina like when Mernissi was growing up?
(a) Narrow, dark, and serpentine.
(b) Large and straight.
(c) Well-lit.
(d) Tree-lined.

3. What book did Mernissi's mother request that her husband read to her?
(a) Pride and Prejudice.
(b) Egyptian Political History.
(c) The Liberation of Women.
(d) A Thousand and One Nights.

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

5. What did Mernissi's mother dream about doing in "The French Harem"?
(a) Having picnics.
(b) Writing stories.
(c) Roaming freely in the streets.
(d) Visiting her mother.

6. What did Aunt Habiba encourage the women to believe in while she was telling stories?
(a) Family rituals.
(b) The importance of tradition.
(c) Unicorns.
(d) The power of dreams.

7. 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.

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

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

10. What kind of transportation did Mernissi's father and uncle use when she was a young child?
(a) Cars.
(b) Mules.
(c) Horses.
(d) Bicycles.

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

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

13. What piece of attire did Yaya change according to her moods?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Turban.
(d) Shawl.

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

15. What did Zin and Jawad wear when they went to the movies?
(a) Khakis and polo shirts.
(b) Red bow ties.
(c) Jeans and t-shirts.
(d) Caftans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mernissi have to do every night as a child at sundown when the lights were turned on?

2. What did Mernissi have trouble pronouncing when she was young?

3. What did Yasmina like to do that caused Grandfather Tazi to think she was eccentric?

4. What section of the harem did Mernissi's mother and Chama walk in to get to the movies?

5. How many communal tables were there at Mernissi's house in Fez?

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