View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Honor and Poetic Vulnerability.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lila has difficulty translating imagery that Makraba used in her poetry about her husband's second marriage, what are the images of? When Lila has difficulty translating imagery that Makraba used in her poetry about her husband's second marriage, what are the images of?
(a) Sleep and death.
(b) Ships and harbors.
(c) Predator and prey.
(d) Road and journey.

2. How many years before Lila's arrival had a young man been murdered?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 8 years.

3. What did a physician say caused the death of a girl about seventeen years old?
(a) A tumor.
(b) Cancer.
(c) A concussion.
(d) A ruptured appendix.

4. In the Bedouin community where Lila lived, how many times a day did the men try to pray?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

5. What color cloth would a woman in mourning tie around her waist?
(a) A red cloth.
(b) A black cloth.
(c) A white cloth.
(d) A green cloth.

Short Answer Questions

1. When an old woman suddenly died, what did some suggest her husband had done?

2. How many inches of rain commonly fell in Awlad 'Ali territory?

3. How long was a woman sexually taboo after giving birth?

4. Before Lila arrived, how long had it been since the Awlad 'Ali migrated to the desert?

5. Where did God banish Adam after he ate the fruit?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 237 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample