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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 cummerbund would the women of the Awlad 'Ali wear around their waists?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

2. What drapes over the tent or automobile that carries a bride to her new home?
(a) A man's green toga.
(b) A man's white toga.
(c) A large white blanket.
(d) A large red blanket.

3. What was a reason Rashid might have taken a second wife?
(a) His first wife kept giving birth to sickly children.
(b) His father insisted that he take another wife.
(c) His first wife was not able to have children.
(d) His first wife asked him to take another wife to help her.

4. Which direction did Lila travel from Alexandria to reach the area where the Awald 'Ali lived?
(a) West.
(b) South.
(c) East.
(d) North.

5. When did a German explorer publish ghinnawas?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1926.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Fayga was taken to visit her father, why did she wish to stay longer?

2. How many days did paternal relatives wail and cry at a camp where an old woman died suddenly?

3. What did Bedouins believe would dry up a new mother's milk?

4. What types of trees surrounded crude structures at the edge of the Western desert?

5. What does ghinnawa mean?

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