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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 Asmahan always wear around her neck?
(a) Scarf.
(b) Black fedora.
(c) Pearl necklace.
(d) Diamond necklace.

2. What did Mernissi have trouble pronouncing when she was young?
(a) "B" words.
(b) Rolling her Rs.
(c) Words with "th" in them.
(d) "P" words.

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

4. What was the name of Yasmina's duck?
(a) King Farouk.
(b) Thor.
(c) Isabella.
(d) Jane.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color uniforms did the French soldiers wear when Mernissi was young?

2. How many communal tables were there at Mernissi's house in Fez?

3. What did Mernissi's mother dream about doing in "The French Harem"?

4. What book did Mernissi's mother request that her husband read to her?

5. What cloth was the small veil, or litham, made of that the nationalists' wives wore?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Mernissi admire Asmahan?

5. What did Mernissi's mother say to her daughter about rebelling against her?

6. What did Chama enjoy doing?

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

8. What worried Samir and Mernissi about Hitler?

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

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

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