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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did women feel if men heard them singing or reciting poetry?
(a) Frustrated.
(b) Embarrassed.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

2. In a love story in Chapter 8, how close to home was a boy when he fell ill and died?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 1 days.

3. Why did Aziza not remarry?
(a) Because her brother would not allow her to remarry.
(b) Because her husband had been abusive.
(c) Because she was raising her son.
(d) Because her father would not allow her to remarry.

4. Along with other Muslims, where do the Awlad 'Ali believe children go when they die?
(a) Hell.
(b) A place between heaven and hell.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Paradise.

5. Which particular gift given to her husband's new bride did the first wife Mabruka resent?
(a) Western-style jewelry.
(b) A veil.
(c) A pair of Western-style sandals.
(d) A belt.

6. How many of the adults in the community where Lila lived had been officially divorced at least once?
(a) 2/3.
(b) Over 1/2.
(c) 1/4.
(d) Over 1/3.

7. With whom did women share poems?
(a) With their husbands.
(b) With their fathers.
(c) With their brothers.
(d) Close kinswomen or women they know well.

8. A word the Haj used to refer to a married woman he loved shared the same root word with which other word of the choices?
(a) Kind.
(b) Hostage.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Captive.

9. In ghinnawas, what did the word 'agl mean to the Bedouin?
(a) Body.
(b) Heart.
(c) Soul.
(d) Mind.

10. From what tribe was the girl that the Haj loved when he was young?
(a) Zaab tribe.
(b) Harb tribe.
(c) Ghamid tribe.
(d) Mrabit tribe.

11. How old was Migdim?
(a) 40's.
(b) 60's.
(c) 70's.
(d) 50's.

12. How old was the Haj when he had his first romance?
(a) 19.
(b) 17.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

13. When a girl of about seventeen died, who did her family blame?
(a) Her brother.
(b) A man who drove by too fast in a jeep.
(c) A man who frightened her by shooting a rifle in the air.
(d) Her grandfather.

14. What was a theme in the songs between two women that Lila captured on tape?
(a) Patience.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Love.

15. During Lila's stay among the Awlad 'Ali, how many ghinnawas did she record?
(a) 450.
(b) 520.
(c) 475.
(d) 375.

Short Answer Questions

1. What project did Mabruka refuse to help with because of Rashid's second marriage?

2. During what occasion did Lila hear men sing in public?

3. How many lines do ghinnawas have?

4. When Rashid's second wife ran away, who does Rashid blame?

5. In a love story told in Chapter 8, how far was a girl buried from the grave of her love?

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