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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Moroccan word "tanaqod" mean?
(a) Panic.
(b) Eagerness.
(c) Contradiction.
(d) Simplicity.

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

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

4. What did Mernissi's cousin tell her to do to calm down when she was on the forbidden terrace?
(a) Lie down and look at the sky.
(b) Cover her eyes.
(c) Read a book.
(d) Cry.

5. Why did the children get treated with indulgence by the women of the harem?
(a) They thought children should never be punished.
(b) Treating children well meant they would be rewarded by Allah.
(c) They were so well behaved.
(d) Because they knew that the children could tell the men what they were doing.

6. What did Mernissi choose over playing games with Samir in "Skin Politics"?
(a) Being more serious about her studies.
(b) Another playmate.
(c) Beauty treatments.
(d) Spending time with Chama.

7. What was the tradition that Mernissi's mother followed after her beauty treatments were finished?
(a) She would spend time with her children.
(b) She would walk around the courtyard singing.
(c) She would kiss her mother-in-law's hand.
(d) She would carefully put away all her beauty cosmetics.

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

9. When Chama listened to feminist programs on Radio Cairo, what did she say about her generation of women?
(a) They were being sacrificed.
(b) The harem was the safest place for them.
(c) They needed to learn more about drama.
(d) They were luckier than women in other countries.

10. What kind of herb did Mernissi say that Aunt Habiba added to olives?
(a) Oregano.
(b) Hot pepper.
(c) Lemon dill.
(d) Thyme.

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

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

13. Who owed a large sum of money to Sis Sussi?
(a) Malika.
(b) Chama.
(c) Samir.
(d) Mernissi.

14. What did Mernissi have to study in order to learn how to weave "terrace magic"?
(a) Chama's hand motions.
(b) Love glances from boys across the terrace.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Malika's shoulder movements.

15. What place did Mina come from?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Lebanon.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Timbuktu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of food did Aunt Habiba cure in the sun?

2. Who embroidered a big green bird with golden wings?

3. Who had trouble sitting through a dance ritual and was shown to the door?

4. Who did Mernissi borrow charm books from?

5. What was the drink Zeri'a made from?

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