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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 did Yasmina like to do that caused Grandfather Tazi to think she was eccentric?

2. What was Yaya's favorite color?

3. How does Mernissi describe "Hanan"?

4. What did Mernissi's mother dream about in terms of her family life in "Moonlit Nights of Laughter"?

5. Where did the women on Tazi's farm do the dishes in the summer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the Mernissi harem prepare to go on a picnic in the country?

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

4. How did the women escape from the house by using the terrace route?

5. Why did Mernissi admire Asmahan?

6. Why did Yasmina and the other co-wives admire Tamou?

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

8. What did Fatima Mernissi do as a child while she waited for her mother to wake up each morning?

9. Why did moonlight picnics make Mernissi's mother happy?

10. Describe Aunt Habiba's room.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role did Tamou play in Grandfather's Tazi's harem? In what ways did she live more freely as a woman? How did she encourage other women to do the same?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Mernissi's mother's search for happiness. In her restricted world, what choices did she make to try and improve her life? What did she tell her daughter about happiness?

Essay Topic 3

Explain how Mernissi's father tried to balance his belief in traditional values with accepting his wife's yearning for a freer, more independent life. Choose three examples that show his support for her.

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