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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What accompanied a message Mabruka sends when warning the recipient to beware?
(a) Pot of food.
(b) A garment.
(c) A special beverage.
(d) A blanket.

2. How many years before Lila's arrival had a young man been murdered?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 6 years.

3. What does ghinnawa mean?
(a) Quiet song.
(b) Little song.
(c) Thoughtful poem.
(d) Beautiful poem.

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

5. What was a reason Rashid might have taken a second wife?
(a) His first wife asked him to take another wife to help her.
(b) His father insisted that he take another wife.
(c) His first wife was not able to have children.
(d) His first wife kept giving birth to sickly children.

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

7. What did the Awlad 'Ali believe should be evoked by beautiful poetry?
(a) Joy.
(b) Tears.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Laughter.

8. In a love story told in Chapter 8, what happened to a woodcutter?
(a) He cut off his hand.
(b) He sliced his fingers.
(c) He was blinded.
(d) He cut off his foot.

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

10. What illness did Aziza have?
(a) A problem with menstruation.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) A heart murmur.
(d) A hideous and painful skin disease.

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

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

13. With whom did men share poems?
(a) Their fathers.
(b) Men who are a generation older than their fathers.
(c) Their uncles.
(d) Close kinsmen of their generation or lower status men.

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

15. What type of personal relationships were of great concern among the Bedouins?
(a) Love relationships with persons of the opposite sex.
(b) Father and son relationships.
(c) Mother and daughter relationships.
(d) Relationships between different tribes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Aziza?

2. What was the theme of the first song and poem Fayga shared with Lila?

3. What analogy was often drawn in poetry?

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

5. Which particular gift given to her husband's new bride did the first wife Mabruka resent?

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