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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 form of poetry did the ghinnawas most resemble?
(a) A cinquain.
(b) Japanese haiku.
(c) An Italian canzone.
(d) A quatrain.

2. On page 120, what wild edible green do the children gather?
(a) Khubbeza.
(b) Quelite.
(c) Cress.
(d) Epazote.

3. How many client households were in the camp where Lila lived?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

4. What word described a Bedouin man's years of youth?
(a) Sinn ir-rushd.
(b) Shabab.
(c) Shekhukha.
(d) Agil.

5. Before Lila arrived, how long had it been since the Awlad 'Ali migrated to the desert?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 10 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a story told to Lila about loving daughters and abusive and heartless sons, how many daughters did a woman have?

2. What was a man who needed women called?

3. In the Bedouin community where Lila lived, how many times a day did the men try to pray?

4. In a folktale, when a man gave birth, what carried the baby away?

5. What values were at the heart of the Awlad 'Ali moral system?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did people greet the birth of a boy?

2. How could a woman resist a tyrannical husband?

3. How did people greet the birth of a girl?

4. How far had some men traveled outside the Awlad 'Ali community?

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

6. How were Lila's expectations of the Bedouins different from the reality?

7. What was the difference that a woman might feel during a pregnancy depending on whether she was carrying a boy or a girl?

8. How did the Bedouin like to honor guests?

9. How did the Awlad 'Ali obtain water for their daily needs?

10. Why was the Haj's mother reserved with Lila at first and why did her attitude change?

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