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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 place did Mina come from?

2. What did Mernissi's cousin tell her to do to calm down when she was on the forbidden terrace?

3. What does Mernissi say was the turning point in her relationship with her mother?

4. What color dress did Mernissi wear when she sang nationalist songs for her grandmother?

5. Who did Mernissi borrow charm books from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Mernissi's reaction when she went up to the forbidden terrace?

2. Describe Mina's physical appearance.

3. Why was Samir thrown out of the women's hamman?

4. What was Mernissi's father's attitude about her mother's beauty rituals?

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

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

7. What did Mernissi's mother do when her husband bought her expensive face products from France?

8. What were love glances and how did Chama use them successfully?

9. Why did Mernissi like to hide in olive jars?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of beauty rituals in harem life. What did Aunt Habiba mean when she said "Skin is political"? In what way did the women's beauty rituals scare the men?

Essay Topic 2

What world event did Malika misinform Mernissi and Samir about? How did they react to protect themselves? Did Mernissi's mother approve?

Essay Topic 3

How was Aunt Habiba a mentor for the young Mernissi? What did she teach Mernissi about dreams and imagination? In what way did Mernissi wish to be like her aunt?

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