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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 Mernissi say was the turning point in her relationship with her mother?
(a) When she turned eighteen.
(b) When she was twenty-one.
(c) When she left the harem for good.
(d) When she learned about menstruation.

2. What was Marrakech also known as?
(a) The Land of giants.
(b) City of heat.
(c) Land of legends.
(d) Red-walled city.

3. Who landed at Casablanca Airport for the first time in November, 1942?
(a) Irish immigrants.
(b) Americans soldiers.
(c) Swedish missionaries.
(d) English botanists.

4. When Mernissi went home from school to have lunch, what animal did she like to hug in the street?
(a) Donkey.
(b) Cat.
(c) Goat.
(d) Dog.

5. How many times did Mina dance during the year?
(a) Every week.
(b) Once.
(c) Whenever she felt like it.
(d) Twice a month.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mernissi's cousin tell her to do to calm down when she was on the forbidden terrace?

2. What did Mernissi perform during Chama's play productions?

3. What ailment does the Moroccan word "hem" refer to?

4. What was the name of the well-known and effective djinni exorcist in the Fez region who is described in "Mina, the Rootless"?

5. When Mernissi dreamed of her "prince" as a young girl, how tall did she want him to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mernissi like about the nationalist school she was allowed to attend?

2. How did Mina survive being put down a well by her kidnappers as a young child?

3. Why did Mina feel optimistic about the future for women?

4. Why did Aunt Habiba visit the forbidden terrace?

5. What did Mina tell Mernissi about the gap between men and women?

6. What does Mernissi say were the two things a woman had to do to capture a man's love?

7. How did Mernissi's mother tame her daughter's unruly hair?

8. Describe Mina's physical appearance.

9. Why was Samir thrown out of the women's hamman?

10. What did the grownups think that children should know about violence?

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