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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

4. Who said that Mernissi's mother was a bad influence on Chama?
(a) Lalla Mani.
(b) Aunt Habiba.
(c) Lalla Radia.
(d) Fatima.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Who was Mina?
(a) Cousin to Mernissi.
(b) Co-wife.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Slave.

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

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

14. What activity was considered illegal that the women sometimes did on the terrace?
(a) Smoking cigarettes.
(b) Drinking coffee.
(c) Swearing.
(d) Eating chocolates.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owed a large sum of money to Sis Sussi?

2. What did Zin borrow from his father for his costumes for Chama's plays?

3. What place did Mina come from?

4. What did Samir and Malika plan to analyze when they went up to the forbidden terrace?

5. Who had trouble sitting through a dance ritual and was shown to the door?

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