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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 came to the terrace to look at the Bennis girls?
3. What place did Mina come from?
4. How many children did Ahmed have?
5. Who rescued Mernissi when she got stuck in the olive jars she had slid into?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Mernissi's mother do when her husband bought her expensive face products from France?
2. What was Aunt Habiba's rule for the children who attended Sidi Belal's dance?
3. How did Lalla Mani prepare her face mask made of dates?
4. What did Mina tell Mernissi about the gap between men and women?
5. How did Mernissi's mother tame her daughter's unruly hair?
6. Why did Chama get discouraged about her audience when she tried to put on plays?
7. Why did Mina feel optimistic about the future for women?
8. What did the big bird design Aunt Habiba was stitching symbolize to her?
9. What does Mernissi say were the two things a woman had to do to capture a man's love?
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 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
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Chama's plays and their importance in the harem. How did they provide entertainment and knowledge? In what ways did the women discover hidden talents because of the plays?
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