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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What beach is mentioned in the "Alexandria Quartet?"
(a) Hurghada.
(b) Makadi.
(c) Bourg El Arab.
(d) Na'ama.

2. How old was Migdim?
(a) 40's.
(b) 70's.
(c) 60's.
(d) 50's.

3. In the camp where Lila lived, how many adults were in the fourteen households that made up the camp?
(a) 53.
(b) 47.
(c) 42.
(d) 58.

4. How many client households were in the camp where Lila lived?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

5. What is revealed in Awlad 'Ali poetry?
(a) Vulnerability.
(b) Shame.
(c) Anger.
(d) Bitterness.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Awlad 'Ali migrate into Egypt?

2. In a folktale, when a man gave birth, what carried the baby away?

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

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

5. Where did Rashid sleep when he assigned blame to someone for his second wife's running away?

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