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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 Mernissi's mother say to Mernissi when she tried to rebel against her?

2. How many rows did the harem reserve for themselves at the movies?

3. What kind of jewelry did Yasmina wear that Mernissi liked to play with?

4. How does Mernissi describe the harem she lived in in Fez?

5. What instrument did Uncle Karim play?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the harem in the city differ from the one at Mernissi's grandfather's farm?

4. What was life like for Mernissi in the upstairs quarters of her home?

5. What did Chama enjoy doing?

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

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

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

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

10. Why did Mernissi admire Asmahan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the quality of life for women in the harems in Fez and on Grandfather Tazi's farm. Who seemed to have more freedom?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss Mina's role in Mernissi's life. What important lesson did Mina share with Mernissi? How did Mernissi test her physical and mental endurance so she could overcome fear as Mina had?

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