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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What route did Mernissi take to secretly escape her house in Fez?

2. How does Mernissi describe Granfather Tazi's physical form?

3. What does Zin mean?

4. How does Mernissi describe "Hanan"?

5. What did Mernissi and her cousin sleep on when they stayed overnight with Aunt Habiba?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Mernissi describe the Germans?

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

6. Why did moonlight picnics make Mernissi's mother happy?

7. When did Tamou arrive at Grandfather Tazi's farm?

8. Why does Mernissi call Aunt Habiba the "high priestess of imagination"?

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

10. How did the harem in the city differ from the one at Mernissi's grandfather's farm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Thor and Yasmina's relationship. Why did Yasmina dislike Thor? What did she do that angered Thor? How did Yasmina resolve the conflict?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Mernissi's life changed once institutions for educating girls were approved. What did she like about the nationalist school she transferred to? How did going to this school improve her life?

Essay Topic 3

How did the appearance of American soldiers in Morocco for the first time impact the harem and their illicit activities on the terrace? Why was Mernissi's father against American products, and what did her mother have to say about women using these products?

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