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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How high was the forbidden terrace?
(a) Ten meters.
(b) Two meters.
(c) Five meters higher than the one below it.
(d) Six meters.

5. Who rescued Mernissi when she got stuck in the olive jars she had slid into?
(a) Chama.
(b) Mina.
(c) Malika.
(d) Samir.

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

7. Why did Mina like to go to the forbidden terrace?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Read.
(c) Pray.
(d) Study.

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

9. What smell did Mernissi's father hate when his wife did her beauty treatments?
(a) Melon.
(b) Oranges.
(c) Amber.
(d) Henna.

10. When Mernissi went home from school to have lunch, what animal did she like to hug in the street?
(a) Dog.
(b) Goat.
(c) Cat.
(d) Donkey.

11. Why did Mernissi's father run away from her mother in fear in the final chapter of the book?
(a) He didn't like to see her in her beauty treatment masks.
(b) He didn't like when she was mad at him.
(c) She threatened to hurt him.
(d) She had a knife and was chasing him.

12. How many times did Mina dance during the year?
(a) Every week.
(b) Once.
(c) Twice a month.
(d) Whenever she felt like it.

13. Whose words are the last to be spoken in the book?
(a) Mernissi's.
(b) Chama's.
(c) Samir's.
(d) Mina's.

14. Who guarded the official means of access to the forbidden terrace?
(a) Uncle Mernissi.
(b) Zin.
(c) Ahmed.
(d) Aunt Habiba.

15. Who came to the terrace to look at the Bennis girls?
(a) Grandmothers of young men.
(b) Teachers looking for artist models.
(c) Young girls wanting to learn to dance.
(d) The young men of the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ailment does the Moroccan word "hem" refer to?

2. What is ghassoul?

3. Which young woman was the best at giving love glances?

4. What did Mernissi perform during Chama's play productions?

5. How did Mernissi say she felt about being transferred to another school?

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