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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 activity was considered illegal that the women sometimes did on the terrace?
(a) Drinking coffee.
(b) Smoking cigarettes.
(c) Swearing.
(d) Eating chocolates.

2. What did Zin borrow from his father for his costumes for Chama's plays?
(a) Walking stick.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Turbans and capes.
(d) Rope belts.

3. What did the teacher Lalla Tam say about having debts?
(a) Debts were a nuisance.
(b) Let others repay your debts.
(c) A good Muslim always paid her debts.
(d) Debts could be left to themselves.

4. What color dress did Mernissi wear when she sang nationalist songs for her grandmother?
(a) White.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

5. When Mernissi wanted information about how to do the love glance from Malika, what did Malika want for payment?
(a) Croissants.
(b) Figs.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Olives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Mernissi go with to the forbidden terrace on her first visit?

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

3. What kind of oil does Mernissi's mother put in Mernissi's hair to tame her unruly locks?

4. Who landed at Casablanca Airport for the first time in November, 1942?

5. Who told Mernissi that if she wanted to be happy, she should get up early in the morning?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was Mernissi's reaction when she went up to the forbidden terrace?

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

6. Why did the women of the harem believe that they had to look as ugly as possible during their beauty rituals?

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

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

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

10. What did Mernissi's mother do when her husband bought her expensive face products from France?

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