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

2. Who said that Mernissi's mother was a bad influence on Chama?
(a) Lalla Radia.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Aunt Habiba.
(d) Lalla Mani.

3. 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.

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

5. Who rescued Mernissi when she got stuck in the olive jars she had slid into?
(a) Mina.
(b) Chama.
(c) Malika.
(d) Samir.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the drink Zeri'a made from?

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

3. What did Mernissi want her father to have made for her when she sang nationalist songs for her grandmother?

4. What did Samir and Malika plan to analyze when they went up to the forbidden terrace?

5. What did Aunt Habiba use to get to the forbidden terrace?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Mernissi dislike the third chamber of the hamman?

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

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

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

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

7. Why did Aunt Habiba visit the forbidden terrace?

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

9. Describe Mina's physical appearance.

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

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