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

2. After a feast for a neighbor who returned from a pilgrimage, what did Lila and some adolescent girls do?
(a) Prepared food.
(b) Collected firewood.
(c) Carried water.
(d) Sewed.

3. When Lila did her fieldwork, how many of the five core household heads married paternal first cousins?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. Who gave the Awlad 'Ali rights to land in the Western desert in the nineteenth century?
(a) Ibrahim Pasha.
(b) Mohammad 'Ali.
(c) Muhammad Abdel Halim.
(d) Ali Sadik Bey.

5. What would ewes have been fed in the desert?
(a) Grasses.
(b) Wormwood.
(c) Acacia.
(d) Astragulus.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the desert, what animal did they hunt at night?

2. From what country did the Awlad 'Ali migrate?

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

4. When did Lila's new life begin to seem natural, so she felt as if she belonged with the Awlad 'Ali?

5. What changed the Haj's mother's attitude toward Lila?

(see the answer key)

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