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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the theme of the first song and poem Fayga shared with Lila?
(a) Undesirability of polygyny.
(b) Her unhappiness living in her mother's tent.
(c) Dissatisfaction with her husband.
(d) The longing to marry another.

3. When Rashid's second wife ran away, who does Rashid blame?
(a) A child in the household.
(b) His first wife.
(c) A woman in the household.
(d) His brother.

4. In a love story told in Chapter 8, how far was a girl buried from the grave of her love?
(a) About a kilometer.
(b) About 1/2 kilometer.
(c) About 2 kilometers.
(d) About 3 kilometers.

5. What emotion about her husband's second marriage did Mabruka's poetry reveal?
(a) Bitterness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Despair.

6. 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.

7. How many women had the Haj been prevented from marrying because of a family member?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

8. 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) Her grandfather.
(d) A man who frightened her by shooting a rifle in the air.

9. In what point of view do they write ghinnawas?
(a) 3rd person.
(b) 1st person omniscient.
(c) 2nd person.
(d) 1st person limited.

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

11. How many syllables are in ghinnawas?
(a) 17.
(b) 13.
(c) 11.
(d) 15.

12. What was the only thing that Lila was usually able to tape record?
(a) Wedding festivities.
(b) Business transactions.
(c) Private concerts.
(d) Funerals.

13. What was the year when the Haj had his first romance?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1952.

14. At what age did Awlad 'Ali boys marry?
(a) 20 to 35.
(b) 20 to 40.
(c) 18 to 25.
(d) 16 to 30.

15. At what age did Awlad 'Ali girls marry?
(a) 15 to 20.
(b) 13 to 17.
(c) 17 to 25.
(d) 14 to 18.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was a theme in the songs between two women that Lila captured on tape?

3. The absence of what was marked by sharing of poetry between individuals?

4. In a love story told in Chapter 8, what happened to a woodcutter?

5. In a love story in Chapter 8, who killed a girl when she wailed and cried over the death of the boy she loved?

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