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

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

3. What illness did the Bedouin believe could be caused by fright?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Polio.
(c) Leukemia.
(d) Hepatitis.

4. What city did Lila spend time in while waiting for her father to arrive in Egypt?
(a) Amman.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Port Said.
(d) Cairo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far did the Western Desert stretch to the Libyan border?

2. Who gave the Awlad 'Ali rights to land in the Western desert in the nineteenth century?

3. What form of poetry did the ghinnawas most resemble?

4. When did the Awlad 'Ali typically consummate a marriage after the wedding?

5. What types of trees did the Awlad 'Ali plant?

(see the answer key)

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