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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did many poems explicitly request?
(a) Love.
(b) Consideration.
(c) Help or care.
(d) Tenderness.

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

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

4. 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) Beautiful.
(b) Captive.
(c) Hostage.
(d) Kind.

5. 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) Paradise.
(d) Heaven.

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

7. In an age of trucks, what did wealthy men maintain even though they were obsolete?
(a) Sheep herds.
(b) Camel herds.
(c) Cow herds.
(d) Goat herds.

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

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

10. 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?
(a) Predator and prey.
(b) Road and journey.
(c) Sleep and death.
(d) Ships and harbors.

11. When an individual wrote a poem about personal experiences, with whom did the writer identify?
(a) People they respect in the community.
(b) Tragic heroes and heroines from the past.
(c) Respected ancestors.
(d) Beloved relatives.

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

13. After the senior magnate questioned family members about the sudden death of an old woman, what causes were suggested for her death?
(a) A broken heart because her son died.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) A stroke.
(d) Sadness because her daughter had died.

14. What were two women doing when Lila captured their conversation and songs on tape?
(a) Doing laundry.
(b) Sewing a tent.
(c) Caring for children.
(d) Visiting neighbors.

15. What primary emotion is featured in ghinnawas?
(a) Joy.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Grief.
(d) Sadness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was a reason Rashid might have taken a second wife?

3. In an archetypal love story, where did a boy go to get dates?

4. In a love story in Chapter 8, where did a boy and girl in love with each other meet ?

5. How many days did paternal relatives wail and cry at a camp where an old woman died suddenly?

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