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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 did Yasmina like to do that caused Grandfather Tazi to think she was eccentric?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Climbing trees and hanging on the branches.
(c) Staying up all night.
(d) Cursing.

2. How did Mernissi get hurt the first time she tried to escape the harem?
(a) Sprained her ankle.
(b) Broke her arm.
(c) Scraped her knees.
(d) Cut her hand.

3. What did Mernissi admire about Zin?
(a) His happy expression.
(b) His funny jokes.
(c) His handsomeness and elegance.
(d) His silly poetry.

4. What kind of clothing did Mernissi wear when she was young?
(a) Traditional dress.
(b) Western dress.
(c) School uniforms.
(d) Pants and shirt.

5. What foreign language could Tamou speak fluently?
(a) Italian.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Greek.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Ahmed?

2. What did Mernissi's grandmother expect the children in the city harem to do when they visited her?

3. Why did Mernissi's father make the harem's youth stay with him on his brother's farm during the summer holidays?

4. What was the "djellaba" that Mernissi's mother wanted to wear?

5. What kind of competitions did Tamou organize?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Aunt Habiba's room.

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

5. Why does Mernissi call Aunt Habiba the "high priestess of imagination"?

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

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

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

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

10. Describe Zin's physical appearance.

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