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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Sis Sussi?
(a) Doorkeeper.
(b) Rich uncle.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Food vendor.

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

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

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) Read a book.
(c) Cry.
(d) Cover her eyes.

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

6. What did Samir and Malika plan to analyze when they went up to the forbidden terrace?
(a) How high they could climb before they got dizzy.
(b) The escape route from the house.
(c) Airplane patterns.
(d) The meaning of a harem.

7. 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 need to ripen.
(d) They are too hard.

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

9. What ailment does the Moroccan word "hem" refer to?
(a) Dizziness.
(b) Allergies.
(c) Mild depression.
(d) Bad cough.

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

11. What does Mernissi say was the turning point in her relationship with her mother?
(a) When she learned about menstruation.
(b) When she turned eighteen.
(c) When she was twenty-one.
(d) When she left the harem for good.

12. Who said that skin was political?
(a) Aunt Habiba.
(b) Lalla Rabia.
(c) Lalla Mani.
(d) Chama.

13. What was Marrakech also known as?
(a) Land of legends.
(b) The Land of giants.
(c) Red-walled city.
(d) City of heat.

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

15. How many children did Ahmed have?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Mernissi smuggle kohl from her mother's vanity table for Samir?

2. Who rescued Mernissi when she got stuck in the olive jars she had slid into?

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

4. What did Mina think of terrace magic?

5. When Mernissi wanted information about how to do the love glance from Malika, what did Malika want for payment?

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