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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In a story about the creation of Adam and Eve, what instrument was the Devil playing?
(a) A stringed instrument.
(b) A flute.
(c) A drum.
(d) A harmonica.

3. How old was Nafla when her family tried to force her into a marriage?
(a) 16.
(b) 14
(c) 18.
(d) 20.

4. 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 brother died.
(c) Her husband was killed.
(d) Her daughter died.

5. How old was the Haj, head of the household, where Lila lived?
(a) About 45.
(b) Close to 60.
(c) Close to 50.
(d) About 55.

6. When Lila left, how many children did the Haj have?
(a) 21.
(b) 15.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

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

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

9. What types of trees did the Awlad 'Ali plant?
(a) Sycamore and lotus trees.
(b) Palm and date trees.
(c) Olive and almond trees.
(d) Willow and mulberry trees.

10. What was the name of the Haj's first wife?
(a) Daija.
(b) Aadi.
(c) Gatifa.
(d) Maalini.

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

12. In the Bedouin community where Lila lived, how many times a day did the men try to pray?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

13. In Bedouin ideology, what determined a man's authority?
(a) Ascribed position.
(b) Ancestry.
(c) Moral worthiness.
(d) Force.

14. Where did Adam and Eve meet again after God banished them?
(a) Mt. Petra.
(b) Mt. Gilboa.
(c) Mt. Arafat.
(d) Mt. Nablus.

15. What drapes over the tent or automobile that carries a bride to her new home?
(a) A man's white toga.
(b) A large white blanket.
(c) A man's green toga.
(d) A large red blanket.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the Bedouin social system touted to be?

3. In a Bedouin story, what was God's reason for forbidding Adam and Eve to eat fruit from a particular tree?

4. In a folktale, what did Muhammad buh Sultan send to be watered at the spring where a beautiful girl lived?

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

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