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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Mernissi's mother ask to represent her at the meeting about Mernissi's education?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her brother.

2. Who said happiness was inconceivable without terraces?
(a) Samir.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Mernissi.
(d) Chama.

3. When Mernissi went home from school to have lunch, what animal did she like to hug in the street?
(a) Dog.
(b) Donkey.
(c) Cat.
(d) Goat.

4. Who embroidered a big green bird with golden wings?
(a) Chama.
(b) Aunt Habiba.
(c) Malika.
(d) Fatima.

5. What kind of food did Aunt Habiba cure in the sun?
(a) Figs.
(b) Peaches.
(c) Grapes.
(d) Olives.

6. What book tells the story of Princess Budar?
(a) The Lives of Egyptian Feminists.
(b) Grimm's Fairy Tales.
(c) A Thousand and One Nights.
(d) Tales of Arabian Knights.

7. Who rescued Mernissi when she got stuck in the olive jars she had slid into?
(a) Mina.
(b) Samir.
(c) Chama.
(d) Malika.

8. When Mernissi dreamed of her "prince" as a young girl, how tall did she want him to be?
(a) Two centimeters taller than her.
(b) A half centimeter taller than her.
(c) One and three-quarters centimeters taller than her.
(d) At least one centimeter taller than her.

9. What kind of meeting did Mernissi's father call for when he had to decide about Mernissi's education?
(a) Meeting with religious officials.
(b) Family council meeting.
(c) Meeting with the school board.
(d) Meeting with the principal.

10. Which woman of the harem was occasionally affected by hem?
(a) Malika.
(b) Mernissi's mother.
(c) Mernissi's grandmother.
(d) Chama.

11. Who did Mernissi borrow charm books from?
(a) Chama.
(b) Zin.
(c) Samir.
(d) Habiba.

12. Who guarded the official means of access to the forbidden terrace?
(a) Zin.
(b) Uncle Mernissi.
(c) Aunt Habiba.
(d) Ahmed.

13. Whose words are the last to be spoken in the book?
(a) Chama's.
(b) Samir's.
(c) Mina's.
(d) Mernissi's.

14. Who told Mernissi that if she wanted to be happy, she should get up early in the morning?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Yasmina.
(c) Grandfather Tazi.
(d) Her father.

15. Who was Sis Sussi?
(a) Rich uncle.
(b) Doorkeeper.
(c) Food vendor.
(d) Cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Egyptian feminist Huda Sha'raoui known for?

2. What did Mernissi want to influence with her magic spells?

3. What could Stela Bennis never remember?

4. How many children did Ahmed have?

5. How high was the forbidden terrace?

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