Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood Test | Final Test - Easy

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Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose room was the forbidden terrace above?
(a) Chama's.
(b) Samir's.
(c) Aunt Habiba's.
(d) Fatima's.

2. How old was Samir when he was no longer welcome in the women's public bath?
(a) Nine.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Eleven.

3. Which woman of the harem was occasionally affected by hem?
(a) Chama.
(b) Mernissi's grandmother.
(c) Malika.
(d) Mernissi's mother.

4. What kind of classes did Mernissi's mother want to take at the neighborhood school?
(a) Literature.
(b) Literacy.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Science.

5. Who did Mernissi go to for comfort at the end of the book after she realized that she and Samir would no longer be together as playmates?
(a) Aunt Habiba.
(b) Chama.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Mina.

6. What kind of bird did Chama and Mernissi's mother embroider on Chama's red silk qamis?
(a) Peacock.
(b) Hawk.
(c) Sparrow.
(d) Blue bird.

7. What could Stela Bennis never remember?
(a) Names.
(b) Places.
(c) Important historical dates.
(d) Birthdays.

8. In "Mina, the Rootless," who did Mernissi say she was having difficulties with during their conversations?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Aunt Habiba.
(d) Samir.

9. Who landed at Casablanca Airport for the first time in November, 1942?
(a) Swedish missionaries.
(b) Americans soldiers.
(c) Irish immigrants.
(d) English botanists.

10. What did Mernissi perform during Chama's play productions?
(a) Acrobatic leaps.
(b) Opera.
(c) Cello.
(d) Lead actor.

11. What did Mina think of terrace magic?
(a) She went along with the crowd.
(b) She was against it.
(c) She sometimes chanted incantations on the terrace.
(d) She lead the incantations.

12. What did Zin borrow from his father for his costumes for Chama's plays?
(a) Walking stick.
(b) Turbans and capes.
(c) Rope belts.
(d) Shoes.

13. What story did Mernissi like to hear Mina tell repeatedly?
(a) Learning how to sail.
(b) How she got out of a well.
(c) Swimming across a river.
(d) Meeting a King.

14. What kind of oil does Mernissi's mother put in Mernissi's hair to tame her unruly locks?
(a) Safflower.
(b) Coconut.
(c) Corn.
(d) Olive.

15. What reason does Mernissi give for why fresh olives cannot be eaten?
(a) They are too hard.
(b) They need to be hardened.
(c) They need to ripen.
(d) They are too bitter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times did Mina dance during the year?

2. What did Mernissi want to influence with her magic spells?

3. What color did Mina like to wear?

4. What activity was considered illegal that the women sometimes did on the terrace?

5. When Mernissi dreamed of her "prince" as a young girl, how tall did she want him to be?

(see the answer keys)

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