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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of oil does Mernissi's mother put in Mernissi's hair to tame her unruly locks?
(a) Safflower.
(b) Olive.
(c) Coconut.
(d) Corn.

2. What was the official means of access to the forbidden terrace?
(a) Ladder.
(b) Elevator.
(c) Stairs.
(d) Window.

3. Who had trouble sitting through a dance ritual and was shown to the door?
(a) Fatima.
(b) Aunt Habiba.
(c) Chama.
(d) Samir.

4. What does the Moroccan word "tanaqod" mean?
(a) Panic.
(b) Contradiction.
(c) Simplicity.
(d) Eagerness.

5. What planet had to appear in the sky on a Friday evening in order to cast a love spell?
(a) Saturn.
(b) Venus.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Mars.

6. What ailment does the Moroccan word "hem" refer to?
(a) Bad cough.
(b) Allergies.
(c) Dizziness.
(d) Mild depression.

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

8. What place did Mina come from?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Timbuktu.
(d) Lebanon.

9. What activity was considered illegal that the women sometimes did on the terrace?
(a) Drinking coffee.
(b) Smoking cigarettes.
(c) Swearing.
(d) Eating chocolates.

10. What did Mernissi have to study in order to learn how to weave "terrace magic"?
(a) Love glances from boys across the terrace.
(b) Chama's hand motions.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Malika's shoulder movements.

11. Who did Mernissi go with to the forbidden terrace on her first visit?
(a) Malika.
(b) Aunt Habiba.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Chama.

12. Who said that skin was political?
(a) Chama.
(b) Lalla Mani.
(c) Aunt Habiba.
(d) Lalla Rabia.

13. What color did Mina like to wear?
(a) Green.
(b) Saffron.
(c) Red.
(d) Pink.

14. Who did Mernissi go to for comfort at the end of the book after she realized that she and Samir would no longer be together as playmates?
(a) Chama.
(b) Mina.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Aunt Habiba.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Mernissi's father run away from her mother in fear in the final chapter of the book?

2. What book tells the story of Princess Budar?

3. What kind of food did Aunt Habiba cure in the sun?

4. What kind of herb did Mernissi say that Aunt Habiba added to olives?

5. What did Mina think of terrace magic?

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