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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color uniforms did the French soldiers wear when Mernissi was young?

2. How does Mernissi describe Granfather Tazi's physical form?

3. What does Zin mean?

4. What was the name of Yasmina's duck?

5. Who was Krisha?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Mernissi consider the French soldiers to be fearful of the citizens of Medina?

2. Describe Aunt Habiba's room.

3. What was Ahmed's role in the Mernissi household?

4. What did Mernissi like about Chama's theory about how the harem first got started?

5. How does Mernissi describe the French soldiers who patrolled the streets outside her house?

6. What did the women of the harem do so they could listen to the radio?

7. Why did the women of the farm harem decide to wash the dishes in the river?

8. Did Yasmina feel close to her co-wives?

9. When did Tamou arrive at Grandfather Tazi's farm?

10. What did Chama enjoy doing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Mernissi fear the French soldiers as a young child? What did she and Samir witness regarding the soldiers that had a negative effect on them? Why does Mernissi say the French were greedy?

Essay Topic 2

What role did charms and spells play in Mernissi's young life? What kind of spells did she use and what was she hoping to achieve? Was she successful?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the symbolism of the forbidden terrace. Why did the children and depressed women wish to go to the terrace? How did lives seem to change and grow because of the terrace?

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