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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. Who did Mernissi go to for comfort at the end of the book after she realized that she and Samir would no longer be together as playmates?

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

3. When Mernissi went home from school to have lunch, what animal did she like to hug in the street?

4. What was the official means of access to the forbidden terrace?

5. What did Mernissi's father organize a crusade against in "American Cigarettes"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Chama get discouraged about her audience when she tried to put on plays?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 the progress in women's rights that Mernissi witnessed during her childhood. Why did Chama think that her generation of women were being sacrificed? What change regarding dress did Mernissi's mother put into effect that changed her life for the better?

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