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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) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Silver.

2. What was shape of the house on Grandfather Tazi's farm where the harem lived?
(a) L-shaped.
(b) U-shaped.
(c) Y-shaped.
(d) T-shaped.

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

4. What tree was Yaya happy to receive from the women of the harem?
(a) Banana.
(b) Coconut.
(c) Pear.
(d) Olive.

5. Why did Mernissi's father make the harem's youth stay with him on his brother's farm during the summer holidays?
(a) To study and read uninterrupted.
(b) So they would not lose interest in the land.
(c) To get together for dances.
(d) To relax and have fun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What foreign language could Tamou speak fluently?

2. What did Mernissi's mother do before going to the movies?

3. Where did Asmahan have a beauty spot on her face?

4. What did Asmahan always wear around her neck?

5. What did Zin and Jawad wear when they went to the movies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Fatima Mernissi do as a child while she waited for her mother to wake up each morning?

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

3. How does Mernissi describe the Germans?

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

5. How did Samir usually get his way with adults?

6. When did Tamou arrive at Grandfather Tazi's farm?

7. Describe Zin's physical appearance.

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

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

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

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