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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. When Chama listened to feminist programs on Radio Cairo, what did she say about her generation of women?
(a) They were being sacrificed.
(b) They needed to learn more about drama.
(c) The harem was the safest place for them.
(d) They were luckier than women in other countries.

2. What kind of classes did Mernissi's mother want to take at the neighborhood school?
(a) Literacy.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Literature.
(d) Science.

3. Which young woman was the best at giving love glances?
(a) Malika.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Chama.
(d) Mina.

4. Who guarded the official means of access to the forbidden terrace?
(a) Uncle Mernissi.
(b) Aunt Habiba.
(c) Ahmed.
(d) Zin.

5. Why did Mernissi and her cousins leave money with Ahmed each week?
(a) To buy books and supplies.
(b) To buy Ice cream.
(c) To pay for chick peas.
(d) So they would have taxi fare when they needed it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of bird did Chama and Mernissi's mother embroider on Chama's red silk qamis?

2. How did Mernissi say she felt about being transferred to another school?

3. What did Mernissi say were the two most pleasurable aspects of harem life that she wanted to take with her when she was an adult?

4. What could Stela Bennis never remember?

5. Who did Mernissi's mother ask to represent her at the meeting about Mernissi's education?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Mernissi become involved with shour, or magic practices?

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

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

4. Describe Mina's physical appearance.

5. How did Lalla Mani prepare her face mask made of dates?

6. Who was Princess Burdur?

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

8. Why did the women of the harem attend Sidi Belal's possession dance in secret?

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

10. What were love glances and how did Chama use them successfully?

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