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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. Who was Krisha?
(a) Driver of the harem farm women.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Security guard.
(d) Man of authority.

2. How does Mernissi describe Granfather Tazi's physical form?
(a) Tall and lanky.
(b) Fat.
(c) Medium build and slim.
(d) Short.

3. What did Mernissi's grandmother expect the children in the city harem to do when they visited her?
(a) Make sure their feet were not wet.
(b) Play loud games.
(c) Read stories to her.
(d) Cook.

4. What floor of Mernissi's family's house did Aunt Habiba live on?
(a) Third.
(b) First.
(c) Basement.
(d) Second.

5. Where did Asmahan have a beauty spot on her face?
(a) Forehead.
(b) Cheek.
(c) Just below her right eye.
(d) Left side of her chin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What tree was Yaya happy to receive from the women of the harem?

3. What did Mernissi admire about Zin?

4. What kind of jewelry did Yasmina wear that Mernissi liked to play with?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Aunt Habiba's room.

2. What did Chama enjoy doing?

3. How does Mernissi describe the Germans?

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

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

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

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

8. What happened when Chama tried to follow her male cousins to the movies?

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

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

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