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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did Mernissi's mother ask to represent her at the meeting about Mernissi's education?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her brother.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did Mernissi want to influence with her magic spells?
(a) Her flowering plants.
(b) The presents she received.
(c) Her grades and her sex appeal.
(d) The amount of time she had to read.

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

12. What was the one thing that Mernissi's mother and Lalla Radia, Samir's mother, agreed upon?
(a) Their hatred of co-wives.
(b) Their love of singing.
(c) Their friendship with their mother-in-law.
(d) Their belief in harems.

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

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

15. Who had trouble sitting through a dance ritual and was shown to the door?
(a) Chama.
(b) Aunt Habiba.
(c) Samir.
(d) Fatima.

Short Answer Questions

1. What planet had to appear in the sky on a Friday evening in order to cast a love spell?

2. Who said that Mernissi's mother was a bad influence on Chama?

3. Who did Mernissi borrow charm books from?

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

5. How long did it take for Aunt Habiba to embroider her black velvet caftan?

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