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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mernissi's mother say she wanted for her daughters when they were older?
(a) To know how to play an instrument.
(b) To know how to cook.
(c) Exciting, happy lives.
(d) To live in a happy harem.

2. What did Mernissi have to do every night as a child at sundown when the lights were turned on?
(a) Kiss the grownups hands and say good evening.
(b) Make sure the lights were on in the stairwells.
(c) Light candles.
(d) Serve tea.

3. What foreign language could Tamou speak fluently?
(a) French.
(b) Greek.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Italian.

4. Who was Ahmed?
(a) Doorkeeper.
(b) Vistor from foreign land.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Mernissi's brother.

5. Where did Asmahan have a beauty spot on her face?
(a) Forehead.
(b) Just below her right eye.
(c) Cheek.
(d) Left side of her chin.

6. What was Mernissi's father's favorite drink?
(a) Coconut milk.
(b) Tea.
(c) Milk shake with almonds and orange flower essence.
(d) Chocolate milk.

7. What did Mernissi say she wanted to learn from Aunt Habiba?
(a) How to talk in the night.
(b) How to make dresses.
(c) How to buy the best cuts of meat in the market.
(d) How to embroider.

8. What tree was Yaya happy to receive from the women of the harem?
(a) Banana.
(b) Pear.
(c) Coconut.
(d) Olive.

9. In "The French Harem," what does Mernissi say she had to have permission to do?
(a) Go through the front gate.
(b) Tell stories.
(c) Be quiet and choose her words carefully.
(d) Visit Habiba.

10. How does Mernissi describe "Hanan"?
(a) Spicy food.
(b) Moroccan emotional quality.
(c) Political uprising.
(d) Educational program.

11. What did Asmahan always wear around her neck?
(a) Scarf.
(b) Pearl necklace.
(c) Black fedora.
(d) Diamond necklace.

12. Who was in charge of finding music on the radio in the women's harem?
(a) Fatima's mother.
(b) Aunt Habiba.
(c) Fatima.
(d) Chama.

13. What instrument did Uncle Karim play?
(a) Piano.
(b) Cello.
(c) Violin.
(d) Lute.

14. Who was Samir?
(a) Mernissi's uncle.
(b) Gatekeeper.
(c) Mernissi's cousin.
(d) Merchant.

15. Who told Mernissi that she should never accept inequality because it was not logical?
(a) Her father.
(b) Yasmina.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Grandfather Tazi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Yasmina like to do that caused Grandfather Tazi to think she was eccentric?

2. How did Mernissi get hurt the first time she tried to escape the harem?

3. What did Yaya give the wives of the harem in exchange for them doing her housework?

4. What year did Mernissi's mother give up covering her face and wearing a veil?

5. How did Asmahan die?

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