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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 does the Moroccan word "tanaqod" mean?
(a) Panic.
(b) Contradiction.
(c) Simplicity.
(d) Eagerness.
2. Who did Mernissi go to for comfort at the end of the book after she realized that she and Samir would no longer be together as playmates?
(a) Chama.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Mina.
(d) Aunt Habiba.
3. Who did Mernissi go with to the forbidden terrace on her first visit?
(a) Malika.
(b) Aunt Habiba.
(c) Chama.
(d) Her mother.
4. What did Mernissi have to study in order to learn how to weave "terrace magic"?
(a) Astronomy.
(b) Love glances from boys across the terrace.
(c) Chama's hand motions.
(d) Malika's shoulder movements.
5. When Mernissi dreamed of her "prince" as a young girl, how tall did she want him to be?
(a) At least one centimeter taller than her.
(b) Two centimeters taller than her.
(c) A half centimeter taller than her.
(d) One and three-quarters centimeters taller than her.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Zin borrow from his father for his costumes for Chama's plays?
2. Who owed a large sum of money to Sis Sussi?
3. What did Mernissi's cousin tell her to do to calm down when she was on the forbidden terrace?
4. What was the official means of access to the forbidden terrace?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was Mernissi's mother not allowed to go to literacy classes?
2. Why did Mernissi like to hide in olive jars?
3. Why did Mernissi become involved with shour, or magic practices?
4. What did the grownups think that children should know about violence?
5. Why did Aunt Habiba visit the forbidden terrace?
6. Why did Mernissi and Samir's friendship begin to deteriorate as they grew older?
7. What did the big bird design Aunt Habiba was stitching symbolize to her?
8. How did Mina help Mernissi get out of the olive jar when she was stuck?
9. Why did the women of the harem believe that they had to look as ugly as possible during their beauty rituals?
10. How did Mernissi's mother tame her daughter's unruly hair?
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