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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 section of the harem did Mernissi's mother and Chama walk in to get to the movies?
(a) With the children.
(b) Elderly section.
(c) Rebel's.
(d) Men's.

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

3. Where did Mernissi and her family go to have a picnic in the springtime that was ten kilometers away from their home?
(a) Resort.
(b) Grandfather's farm.
(c) Uncle's farm.
(d) Lake.

4. In "The French Harem," what does Mernissi say she had to have permission to do?
(a) Visit Habiba.
(b) Be quiet and choose her words carefully.
(c) Go through the front gate.
(d) Tell stories.

5. At what time did the doorkeeper in Mernissi's childhood home turn off the stair lights at night?
(a) 8 p.m.
(b) 9 p.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 10 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What floor of Mernissi's family's house did Aunt Habiba live on?

2. In what city was Mernissi born?

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

4. Who was Scheherazade?

5. What instrument did Uncle Karim play?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mernissi describe the Germans?

2. Why did the women of the farm harem decide to wash the dishes in the river?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Mernissi describe the French soldiers who patrolled the streets outside her house?

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

10. What worried Samir and Mernissi about Hitler?

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