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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many inches of rain commonly fell in Awlad 'Ali territory?
(a) 5 to 6 inches.
(b) 1 to 2 inches.
(c) 7 to 8 inches.
(d) 2 to 4 inches.

2. When did Lila first realize the sensitive nature of the poems recited by the women?
(a) When Lila heard a poem at a birth.
(b) When Lila heard a poem at a wedding.
(c) When a shepherd's wife recited one of these poems.
(d) When Lila heard one of these poems at a funeral.

3. What was closely tied to the moral nature among the Awlad 'Ali?
(a) Status.
(b) Blood.
(c) Respect.
(d) Courage.

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

5. When did the Awlad 'Ali migrate to the desert?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Fall.
(d) Spring.

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

7. How many client households were in the camp where Lila lived?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

8. What tragedy had a middle-aged wife of a powerful tribal leader experienced two and a half years before she recited a poem to Lila?
(a) Lost her only son.
(b) Her daughter died.
(c) Her husband was killed.
(d) Her brother died.

9. What were Bedouin tents made of before the Awlad 'Ali moved into houses?
(a) Camel skins.
(b) Sheep skins.
(c) Burlap sacks.
(d) Woven wool.

10. When did Lila's new life begin to seem natural, so she felt as if she belonged with the Awlad 'Ali?
(a) After 12 months.
(b) After 18 months.
(c) After 6 months.
(d) After 15 months.

11. Where was a young man shot during an altercation between some Bedouin men and a group of Egyptian soldiers riding on a train through a Bedouin area?
(a) In the arm.
(b) In the chest.
(c) In the back.
(d) In the mouth.

12. When did the ancestors of the Awlad 'Ali sweep through North Africa?
(a) 12th century.
(b) 11th century.
(c) 10th century.
(d) 13th century.

13. What colors were associated with uncleanliness and women?
(a) Black and white.
(b) Red and black.
(c) Green and blue.
(d) Red and blue.

14. Which city was near the mountain where Adam and Eve met again after being banished from the garden by God?
(a) Ar Riyad.
(b) Mecca.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Cairo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Bedouin community where Lila lived, how many times a day did the men try to pray?

2. In the section "Identification and Sharing," why did a woman threaten to leave her husband?

3. What values were at the heart of the Awlad 'Ali moral system?

4. What would ewes have been fed in the desert?

5. In Bedouin ideology, what determined a man's authority?

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