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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where had Aziza's husband been working when they marry?
(a) Libya.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Cairo.

2. When did a German explorer publish ghinnawas?
(a) 1926.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1906.

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

4. Who was the person usually most responsible for preventing love matches?
(a) A girl's father.
(b) A boy's father.
(c) A girl's paternal first cousin.
(d) A boy's paternal uncle.

5. When a girl of about seventeen died, which male relative cried at the funeral?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her uncle.

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

7. What is the English translation of the phrase used by the Awlad 'Ali that begins the lament to mourn a death?
(a) My heart is torn.
(b) Oh, sadness.
(c) Pain and sorrow.
(d) Woe is me.

8. What German explorer published ghinnawas?
(a) J. C. Ewald Falls.
(b) Manfried Siegfried.
(c) D. E. Eberhardt Reinhold.
(d) David Reinhardt.

9. How many days did paternal relatives wail and cry at a camp where an old woman died suddenly?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

10. What project did Mabruka refuse to help with because of Rashid's second marriage?
(a) Sewing a blanket.
(b) Sewing a quilt.
(c) Sewing a dress.
(d) Sewing a tent.

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

12. When an old woman suddenly died, what did some suggest her husband had done?
(a) Choked her.
(b) Beat her.
(c) Strangled her.
(d) Hit her over the head.

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

14. How old was Aziza?
(a) 33 years old.
(b) 35 years old.
(c) 27 years old.
(d) 26 years old.

15. What part of the body was frequently mentioned in ghinnawas?
(a) Eye.
(b) Heart.
(c) Back.
(d) Arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did women feel if men heard them singing or reciting poetry?

2. During Lila's stay among the Awlad 'Ali, how many ghinnawas did she record?

3. When Lila has difficulty translating imagery that Makraba used in her poetry about her husband's second marriage, what are the images of? When Lila has difficulty translating imagery that Makraba used in her poetry about her husband's second marriage, what are the images of?

4. How many wives does Aziza's brother have?

5. What was the year when the Haj had his first romance?

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