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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. Why did Mernissi and her cousins leave money with Ahmed each week?

2. What did Mernissi choose over playing games with Samir in "Skin Politics"?

3. When Mernissi wanted information about how to do the love glance from Malika, what did Malika want for payment?

4. What smell did Mernissi's father hate when his wife did her beauty treatments?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Mernissi and Samir's friendship begin to deteriorate as they grew older?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why did Mernissi dislike the third chamber of the hamman?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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

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