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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Which young woman was the best at giving love glances?
(a) Chama.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Malika.
(d) Mina.

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

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

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

14. What was the official means of access to the forbidden terrace?
(a) Window.
(b) Stairs.
(c) Ladder.
(d) Elevator.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Aunt Habiba use to get to the forbidden terrace?

2. What did Mernissi want her father to have made for her when she sang nationalist songs for her grandmother?

3. What kind of meeting did Mernissi's father call for when he had to decide about Mernissi's education?

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

5. What does Mernissi say was the turning point in her relationship with her mother?

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