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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 did Bedouins believe would dry up a new mother's milk?
(a) Her being cursed.
(b) Her eating the wrong food.
(c) Her being exposed to an evil eye.
(d) Her being exposed to gold coins on another woman's necklace.

2. When did the Awlad 'Ali migrate into Egypt?
(a) 14th century.
(b) End of the 15th or 16th centuries.
(c) 13th century.
(d) End of the 17th or 18th centuries.

3. When Lila left, how many children did the Haj have?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 21.

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

5. How frequent were droughts in Awlad 'Ali territory?
(a) About every 6 years.
(b) About every 10 years.
(c) About every 7 years.
(d) About every 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did a youth from the Awlad 'Ali community go to have a serious operation?

2. In a Bedouin story, what was God's reason for forbidding Adam and Eve to eat fruit from a particular tree?

3. What does an unmarried girl use to cover her head?

4. When did the Awlad 'Ali typically consummate a marriage after the wedding?

5. In Bedouin ideology, what determined a man's authority?

Short Essay Questions

1. How could a woman resist a tyrannical husband?

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

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

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

5. What Bedouin story was told to show that the Egyptians lack nobility of origin?

6. In the past, what was the relationship between the Awlad 'Ali and the Mrabtin?

7. When and why were the Awlad 'Ali given rights to land in the Western desert?

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

9. How did the Bedouin like to honor guests?

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

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