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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What drapes over the tent or automobile that carries a bride to her new home?
(a) A man's green toga.
(b) A man's white toga.
(c) A large white blanket.
(d) A large red blanket.

2. How old was the man who was criticized for going to find a runaway second wife?
(a) Late 60's.
(b) Early 50's.
(c) Early 40's.
(d) Late 30's.

3. What color was the compound where Lila lived with the Awlad 'Ali?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Light blue.
(c) Pink.
(d) White.

4. In the section "Identification and Sharing," why did a woman threaten to leave her husband?
(a) Because he mistreated a child.
(b) Because he hit her.
(c) Because he slurred her father's name.
(d) Because he took another wife.

5. Which city was near the mountain where Adam and Eve met again after being banished from the garden by God?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Ar Riyad.
(c) Mecca.
(d) Alexandria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Bedouin tents made of before the Awlad 'Ali moved into houses?

2. What crop did the Awlad 'Ali sow yearly?

3. In the "Alexandria Quartet," what was a Bedouin youth carrying on his head?

4. Who wrote the "Alexandria Quartet?"

5. In a folktale, what did Muhammad buh Sultan send to be watered at the spring where a beautiful girl lived?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does a modest woman show virtuous womanhood?

2. Under what circumstances could a woman kill an animal?

3. How did the Bedouin like to honor guests?

4. What did a woman whose daughter was about to marry a respected man in the camp say that her daughter wanted in a man?

5. What was the assumption in Egypt about nomadism and semi-nomadism?

6. Why did Lila's father go with her to the area where the Awlad 'Ali lived?

7. Why did Bedouin women keep their ties to their kin even after marriage?

8. How did Nafla resist an unwanted marriage when she was fourteen?

9. Why were the core families where Lila stayed able to avoid cooperating in government settlement schemes?

10. Why did foreigners call taxis in Alexandria "flying coffins"?

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