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

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

3. How does Mernissi describe the harem she lived in in Fez?
(a) Like a fortress.
(b) A fun castle.
(c) Like a storybook fantasy.
(d) A comforting safe haven.

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

5. Why did Mernissi cover her hair with her mother's scarf at the public baths?
(a) She wanted to see what wearing a veil was like.
(b) To hide from Hitler.
(c) Because her mother told her to.
(d) So she could look glamorous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mernissi fear about going down the dark stairs at night in her childhood home?

2. What were the streets of Medina like when Mernissi was growing up?

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

4. In what year did Tamou arrive at Grandfather Tazi's farm?

5. What game did Yasmina create to help Mernissi fall asleep in "The French Harem"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Grandfather Tazi try and persuade Yasmina to stop calling her duck Thor after his first wife?

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

4. What worried Samir and Mernissi about Hitler?

5. What did Mernissi like about Chama's theory about how the harem first got started?

6. Describe Aunt Habiba's room.

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

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

9. Describe Zin's physical appearance.

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

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