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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of food did Aunt Habiba cure in the sun?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Olives.
(c) Figs.
(d) Peaches.

2. What planet had to appear in the sky on a Friday evening in order to cast a love spell?
(a) Mars.
(b) Saturn.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Venus.

3. Who was Samir's sister?
(a) Chama.
(b) Mikala.
(c) Fatima.
(d) Radia.

4. What was the Egyptian feminist Huda Sha'raoui known for?
(a) Political campaigns.
(b) Fancy caftans.
(c) Salon parties.
(d) Street marches.

5. What did the children like to play hide-and-go-seek in?
(a) The courtyard.
(b) Aunt Habiba's room.
(c) Mernissi's grandmother's salon.
(d) Olive jars.

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

7. How did Mernissi say she felt about being transferred to another school?
(a) Worried.
(b) Elated.
(c) Scared.
(d) Intimidated.

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

9. What word was embroidered on Chama and Mernissi's mother's black velvet hats?
(a) Greece.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Vienna.

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

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

12. How long did it take for Aunt Habiba to embroider her black velvet caftan?
(a) One day.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Three years.
(d) Six months.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color dress did Mernissi wear when she sang nationalist songs for her grandmother?

2. How old was Samir when he was no longer welcome in the women's public bath?

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

4. What terrible noise did Mernissi hear when she went to the forbidden terrace?

5. When Chama listened to feminist programs on Radio Cairo, what did she say about her generation of women?

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