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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who embroidered a big green bird with golden wings?
(a) Chama.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Malika.
(d) Aunt Habiba.

3. What did Mernissi say was the cure for hem?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Taking medicine.
(c) Beauty and quiet.
(d) Eating.

4. What kind of oil does Mernissi's mother put in Mernissi's hair to tame her unruly locks?
(a) Corn.
(b) Olive.
(c) Coconut.
(d) Safflower.

5. Who said happiness was inconceivable without terraces?
(a) Mernissi.
(b) Chama.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Samir.

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

7. Who landed at Casablanca Airport for the first time in November, 1942?
(a) Irish immigrants.
(b) English botanists.
(c) Americans soldiers.
(d) Swedish missionaries.

8. What was the drink Zeri'a made from?
(a) Dates.
(b) Pineapples.
(c) Pomegranates.
(d) Melon seeds.

9. Why did Mernissi smuggle kohl from her mother's vanity table for Samir?
(a) He wanted to use examine it under a microscope.
(b) So he could draw a mustache on his face.
(c) He wanted to give it to his cousin.
(d) He like using it to draw pictures of cars.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Samir's sister?

2. What did Mernissi say were the two most pleasurable aspects of harem life that she wanted to take with her when she was an adult?

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

4. When Mernissi went home from school to have lunch, what animal did she like to hug in the street?

5. Who said that skin was political?

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