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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. What was Yaya's favorite color?
(a) Silver.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

2. What did Mernissi's mother dream about doing in "The French Harem"?
(a) Roaming freely in the streets.
(b) Visiting her mother.
(c) Having picnics.
(d) Writing stories.

3. What did Mernissi's mother dream about in terms of her family life in "Moonlit Nights of Laughter"?
(a) Living alone with her husband and children.
(b) Living on the farm with her mother.
(c) Travelling around the world.
(d) Having more money than her mother-in-law.

4. In what year did Tamou arrive at Grandfather Tazi's farm?
(a) 2003.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1980.

5. What language did Zin master?
(a) Italian.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) Russian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day did Mernissi and her cousin visit Aunt Habiba?

2. What was Mernissi's father's favorite drink?

3. What kind of jewelry did Yasmina wear that Mernissi liked to play with?

4. What did Aunt Habiba encourage the women to believe in while she was telling stories?

5. What was Lalla Thor's personality like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the women of the harem do so they could listen to the radio?

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

3. What was Mernissi's mother's reaction when Mernissi wore her head scarf?

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

5. What part of communal life did Mernissi's mother hate the most?

6. Why did Yasmina and the other co-wives admire Tamou?

7. Describe Aunt Habiba's room.

8. Why did moonlight picnics make Mernissi's mother happy?

9. How did the women escape from the house by using the terrace route?

10. Why did Mernissi consider the French soldiers to be fearful of the citizens of Medina?

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