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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Modesty and the Poetry of Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color was the compound where Lila lived with the Awlad 'Ali?
(a) Yellow.
(b) White.
(c) Light blue.
(d) Pink.

2. In a photograph on page 192, what did women use as a windbreak?
(a) Old olive oil tin.
(b) A board.
(c) Branches.
(d) A hubcap.

3. In the desert, what animal did they hunt at night?
(a) Wild hares.
(b) Wild dogs.
(c) Gazelles.
(d) Game birds.

4. How old was the Haj when he had his first romance?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 17.
(d) 19.

5. When Rashid's second wife ran away, who does Rashid blame?
(a) A woman in the household.
(b) His brother.
(c) A child in the household.
(d) His first wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Lila's stay among the Awlad 'Ali, how many ghinnawas did she record?

2. Where was a young man shot during an altercation between some Bedouin men and a group of Egyptian soldiers riding on a train through a Bedouin area?

3. How many syllables are in ghinnawas?

4. How many of the adults in the community where Lila lived had been officially divorced at least once?

5. In a folk tale, what did the food look like that a holy man gave a barren woman who asked for something to make her fertile?

(see the answer key)

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