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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. Why did Mina like to go to the forbidden terrace?
(a) Study.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Pray.
(d) Read.

2. What word was embroidered on Chama and Mernissi's mother's black velvet hats?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Greece.

3. What was the tradition that Mernissi's mother followed after her beauty treatments were finished?
(a) She would walk around the courtyard singing.
(b) She would carefully put away all her beauty cosmetics.
(c) She would spend time with her children.
(d) She would kiss her mother-in-law's hand.

4. Why did Mernissi smuggle kohl from her mother's vanity table for Samir?
(a) He wanted to use examine it under a microscope.
(b) He wanted to give it to his cousin.
(c) He like using it to draw pictures of cars.
(d) So he could draw a mustache on his face.

5. Who was Samir's sister?
(a) Radia.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Chama.
(d) Mikala.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owed a large sum of money to Sis Sussi?

2. Who said happiness was inconceivable without terraces?

3. What kind of classes did Mernissi's mother want to take at the neighborhood school?

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

5. What did the children like to play hide-and-go-seek in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Chama get discouraged about her audience when she tried to put on plays?

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

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

4. Why did Mernissi like to hide in olive jars?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why did Mernissi and Samir's friendship begin to deteriorate as they grew older?

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