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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. When Mernissi wanted information about how to do the love glance from Malika, what did Malika want for payment?
(a) Olives.
(b) Croissants.
(c) Figs.
(d) Cookies.

7. What did Mernissi want her father to have made for her when she sang nationalist songs for her grandmother?
(a) Fancy shoes.
(b) Hat.
(c) Jeans.
(d) Small Moroccan flag.

8. What kind of meeting did Mernissi's father call for when he had to decide about Mernissi's education?
(a) Family council meeting.
(b) Meeting with religious officials.
(c) Meeting with the principal.
(d) Meeting with the school board.

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

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

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

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

13. What did the teacher Lalla Tam say about having debts?
(a) Debts could be left to themselves.
(b) Debts were a nuisance.
(c) Let others repay your debts.
(d) A good Muslim always paid her debts.

14. Who did Mernissi's mother ask to represent her at the meeting about Mernissi's education?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her uncle.

15. What color did Mina like to wear?
(a) Red.
(b) Pink.
(c) Green.
(d) Saffron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of herb did Mernissi say that Aunt Habiba added to olives?

2. Who told Mernissi that if she wanted to be happy, she should get up early in the morning?

3. Who was Mina?

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

5. Which woman of the harem was occasionally affected by hem?

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