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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Asmahan?
(a) Lebonese singer.
(b) Pianist.
(c) Fatima's sister.
(d) Arab nationalist.

2. What rank did Lalla Thor have on Grandfather Tazi's farm?
(a) Eighth wife.
(b) Second wife.
(c) Fifth wife.
(d) First wife.

3. What does the Morrocan word "Allemane" mean?
(a) Cold.
(b) Bitter.
(c) German.
(d) Picture.

4. What did Mernissi's mother say she wanted for her daughters when they were older?
(a) To know how to cook.
(b) To know how to play an instrument.
(c) Exciting, happy lives.
(d) To live in a happy harem.

5. Who was Krisha?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Security guard.
(c) Driver of the harem farm women.
(d) Man of authority.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Samir?

2. How did Mernissi get hurt the first time she tried to escape the harem?

3. What did Grandfather Tazi have built for Tamou after she became one of his wives?

4. What tree was Yaya happy to receive from the women of the harem?

5. What did Mernissi have to do every night as a child at sundown when the lights were turned on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Ahmed's role in the Mernissi household?

2. What happened when Chama tried to follow her male cousins to the movies?

3. How did the harem in the city differ from the one at Mernissi's grandfather's farm?

4. Why did Lalla Radia believe that harems were wonderful?

5. Why did Mernissi admire Asmahan?

6. Did Yasmina feel close to her co-wives?

7. How does Mernissi describe the Germans?

8. Describe the kind of clothing Mernissi was dressed in as a child.

9. What was life like for Mernissi in the upstairs quarters of her home?

10. How did the Mernissi harem prepare to go on a picnic in the country?

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