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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Identity in Relationships.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was Lila's host mysteriously absent for a period?
(a) For her first two months in the field.
(b) Six months before the end of Lila's fieldwork.
(c) Toward the end of Lila's time in the field.
(d) For six months during the second year of Lila's fieldwork.

3. What lake could one smell after crossing a one-lane bridge leading from Alexandria to the desert?
(a) Lake Timsah.
(b) Lake Mariut.
(c) Lake Nasser.
(d) Lake Idku.

4. From what country did the Awlad 'Ali migrate?
(a) Libya.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) Chad.
(d) Sudan.

5. What beverage is mentioned in the "Alexandria Quartet?"
(a) Beer.
(b) Tea.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Lemonade.

Short Answer Questions

1. How frequent were droughts in Awlad 'Ali territory?

2. Who helped Lila finally begin to interpret the poems she was hearing?

3. How much of the Egyptian population consist of Bedouins of the Western desert when Lila did her fieldwork?

4. What city did Lila spend time in while waiting for her father to arrive in Egypt?

5. How many client households were in the camp where Lila lived?

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