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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 fear about going down the dark stairs at night in her childhood home?

2. In what year did Tamou arrive at Grandfather Tazi's farm?

3. Who was Asmahan?

4. What were the streets of Medina like when Mernissi was growing up?

5. At what time did the doorkeeper in Mernissi's childhood home turn off the stair lights at night?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Yasmina's appearance.

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

3. What worried Samir and Mernissi about Hitler?

4. Describe Zin's physical appearance.

5. What part of communal life did Mernissi's mother hate the most?

6. How did Samir usually get his way with adults?

7. How does Mernissi describe the Germans?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Thor and Yasmina's relationship. Why did Yasmina dislike Thor? What did she do that angered Thor? How did Yasmina resolve the conflict?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Mernissi and Samir's relationship. What did they share when they were young and how did it change when Mernissi turned nine? What caused the rift between them?

Essay Topic 3

How did the appearance of American soldiers in Morocco for the first time impact the harem and their illicit activities on the terrace? Why was Mernissi's father against American products, and what did her mother have to say about women using these products?

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