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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Yaya give the wives of the harem in exchange for them doing her housework?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Bread.
(c) A weekly story.
(d) Money.

2. What cloth was the small veil, or litham, made of that the nationalists' wives wore?
(a) Wool.
(b) Heavy cotton.
(c) Polyester.
(d) Sheer silk chiffon.

3. How did Mernissi get hurt the first time she tried to escape the harem?
(a) Cut her hand.
(b) Sprained her ankle.
(c) Scraped her knees.
(d) Broke her arm.

4. What did Yasmina want Mernissa to concentrate on instead of rules and barriers in "The Harem Within"?
(a) Fun, laughter, and happiness.
(b) Learning about plants.
(c) Reading and writing.
(d) Studying latin.

5. How does Mernissi describe the shape of her face as a young child?
(a) Heart-shaped.
(b) High cheekbones and a pointed chin.
(c) Thin and angular.
(d) Round like a moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Zin?

2. Who was in charge of finding music on the radio in the women's harem?

3. What was Mernissi's father's favorite drink?

4. What book did Mernissi's mother request that her husband read to her?

5. At what time did the doorkeeper in Mernissi's childhood home turn off the stair lights at night?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the difference between the men and women's gardens on Grandfather Tazi's farm.

2. How did Grandfather Tazi try and persuade Yasmina to stop calling her duck Thor after his first wife?

3. Did Yasmina feel close to her co-wives?

4. What was Ahmed's role in the Mernissi household?

5. What was Mernissi's mother's reaction when Mernissi wore her head scarf?

6. How does Mernissi describe the Germans?

7. Describe the kind of clothing Mernissi was dressed in as a child.

8. Describe Yasmina's appearance.

9. Why did the women of the farm harem decide to wash the dishes in the river?

10. How does Mernissi describe the French soldiers who patrolled the streets outside her house?

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