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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Asmahan die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Airplane accident.

2. What did Mernissi's mother like to do in order to eat dinner alone with her family?
(a) Moonlight picnics on the terrace.
(b) Go to a restaurant.
(c) Get take-out.
(d) Take weekend trips.

3. What does Mernissi say about the men's political discussions in "The Men's Salon"?
(a) Most of the men were not interested in politics.
(b) They were highly emotionally charged.
(c) They were polite.
(d) They got mad and would sulk after discussions.

4. What did Mernissi's mother dream about in terms of her family life in "Moonlit Nights of Laughter"?
(a) Having more money than her mother-in-law.
(b) Travelling around the world.
(c) Living on the farm with her mother.
(d) Living alone with her husband and children.

5. What kind of jewelry did Yasmina wear that Mernissi liked to play with?
(a) Sapphire necklace.
(b) Opal ring.
(c) Strands of pink pearls.
(d) Diamond bracelet.

6. Why did Mernissi cover her hair with her mother's scarf at the public baths?
(a) Because her mother told her to.
(b) So she could look glamorous.
(c) She wanted to see what wearing a veil was like.
(d) To hide from Hitler.

7. What section of the harem did Mernissi's mother and Chama walk in to get to the movies?
(a) Elderly section.
(b) Men's.
(c) Rebel's.
(d) With the children.

8. Who was Zin?
(a) Family cook.
(b) Messina's cousin.
(c) Family gardner.
(d) Doorkeeper.

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

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

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

12. What was the "djellaba" that Mernissi's mother wanted to wear?
(a) Dress styled on western fashions.
(b) Pants that the nationalists' wives wore.
(c) Men's coat that allowed for freedom of walking.
(d) Caftan.

13. Who was Leila Mourad?
(a) Prime minister.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Egyptian movie star.
(d) Teacher.

14. What rank did Lalla Thor have on Grandfather Tazi's farm?
(a) Fifth wife.
(b) Second wife.
(c) First wife.
(d) Eighth wife.

15. What color uniforms did the French soldiers wear when Mernissi was young?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Gray.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the women in Mernissi's house value that was dismissed as trivial by the men?

3. Who helped Mernissi get permission to go to the movies as a child?

4. What did Mernissi have to do every night as a child at sundown when the lights were turned on?

5. What does the anxiety prayer "Ya Latif" mean?

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