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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Modesty, Gender, and Sexuality.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what month was rain essential for the Awlad 'Ali to water their crops?
(a) Mid-April.
(b) Mid-December.
(c) Mid-January.
(d) Mid-March.

2. Where did a youth from the Awlad 'Ali community go to have a serious operation?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Aswan.
(d) Minya.

3. What did Bedouins believe would dry up a new mother's milk?
(a) Her being cursed.
(b) Her being exposed to gold coins on another woman's necklace.
(c) Her being exposed to an evil eye.
(d) Her eating the wrong food.

4. When did Lila live with the Awlad 'Ali?
(a) March 1978 to November 1980.
(b) January 1976 to March 1978.
(c) October 1978 to May 1980.
(d) April 1981 to June 1983.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Awlad 'Ali believe distinguished them from and made them superior to other peoples?

2. What color cloth would a woman in mourning tie around her waist?

3. Which city was near the mountain where Adam and Eve met again after being banished from the garden by God?

4. 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?

5. What was a man who needed women called?

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