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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Chama receive a love letter from that Samir and Mernissi delivered to her?
(a) Chadli.
(b) Zin.
(c) Kemal.
(d) Rudolph.

2. What color dress did Mernissi wear when she sang nationalist songs for her grandmother?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

3. What kind of classes did Mernissi's mother want to take at the neighborhood school?
(a) Literacy.
(b) Literature.
(c) Science.
(d) Mathematics.

4. How old was Samir when he was no longer welcome in the women's public bath?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Nine.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Ten.

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

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

7. What did Zin borrow from his father for his costumes for Chama's plays?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Walking stick.
(c) Rope belts.
(d) Turbans and capes.

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

9. Whose room was the forbidden terrace above?
(a) Chama's.
(b) Samir's.
(c) Aunt Habiba's.
(d) Fatima's.

10. How high was the forbidden terrace?
(a) Six meters.
(b) Ten meters.
(c) Five meters higher than the one below it.
(d) Two meters.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which young woman was the best at giving love glances?

2. What was the name of the well-known and effective djinni exorcist in the Fez region who is described in "Mina, the Rootless"?

3. Who was Sis Sussi?

4. Why did the children get treated with indulgence by the women of the harem?

5. What did Mernissi perform during Chama's play productions?

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