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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. Whose words are the last to be spoken in the book?

2. Who landed at Casablanca Airport for the first time in November, 1942?

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

4. What could Stela Bennis never remember?

5. Who told Mernissi that if she wanted to be happy, she should get up early in the morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Princess Burdur?

2. How did Mernissi's mother tame her daughter's unruly hair?

3. How did Lalla Mani prepare her face mask made of dates?

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

5. What did Mernissi like about the nationalist school she was allowed to attend?

6. Why did Aunt Habiba visit the forbidden terrace?

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

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

9. Why did Mernissi become involved with shour, or magic practices?

10. What was Aunt Habiba's rule for the children who attended Sidi Belal's dance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the meaning of frontiers in Mernissi's life. Where did she encounter them? How did they make her feel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Mernissi's life changed once institutions for educating girls were approved. What did she like about the nationalist school she transferred to? How did going to this school improve her life?

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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