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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 ailment does the Moroccan word "hem" refer to?

2. What reason does Mernissi give for why fresh olives cannot be eaten?

3. What planet had to appear in the sky on a Friday evening in order to cast a love spell?

4. Who said that Mernissi's mother was a bad influence on Chama?

5. Who embroidered a big green bird with golden wings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the grownups think that children should know about violence?

2. Why was Mernissi's mother not allowed to go to literacy classes?

3. How did Mina help Mernissi get out of the olive jar when she was stuck?

4. What did Mernissi like about the way Mina danced?

5. How did Mina survive being put down a well by her kidnappers as a young child?

6. What did the big bird design Aunt Habiba was stitching symbolize to her?

7. What does Mernissi say were the two things a woman had to do to capture a man's love?

8. Why did the women of the harem believe that they had to look as ugly as possible during their beauty rituals?

9. Who was Princess Burdur?

10. What did Mina tell Mernissi about the gap between men and women?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Yasmina's view of harems. What did she dislike about being in a harem? How did she view her co-wives? How did she provide comfort to wives who felt lonely?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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