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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 ailment does the Moroccan word "hem" refer to?
(a) Allergies.
(b) Bad cough.
(c) Mild depression.
(d) Dizziness.

2. What did Mernissi's father organize a crusade against in "American Cigarettes"?
(a) Romance novels.
(b) Divorce.
(c) Chewing gum and Kool cigarettes.
(d) Western clothing.

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

4. What reason does Mernissi give for why fresh olives cannot be eaten?
(a) They are too bitter.
(b) They are too hard.
(c) They need to be hardened.
(d) They need to ripen.

5. When Mernissi dreamed of her "prince" as a young girl, how tall did she want him to be?
(a) Two centimeters taller than her.
(b) One and three-quarters centimeters taller than her.
(c) A half centimeter taller than her.
(d) At least one centimeter taller than her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Mernissi smuggle kohl from her mother's vanity table for Samir?

2. What did Mernissi choose over playing games with Samir in "Skin Politics"?

3. Why did Mernissi and her cousins leave money with Ahmed each week?

4. What could Stela Bennis never remember?

5. What did Mernissi want to influence with her magic spells?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Mernissi's father's attitude about her mother's beauty rituals?

3. How did Mina help Mernissi get out of the olive jar when she was stuck?

4. Why was Mernissi's mother not allowed to go to literacy classes?

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

6. What was Aunt Habiba's rule for the children who attended Sidi Belal's dance?

7. What did Mernissi like about the way Mina danced?

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

9. Who was Princess Burdur?

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

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