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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. In a folktale, what did Muhammad buh Sultan send to be watered at the spring where a beautiful girl lived?
(a) A goat.
(b) A sheep.
(c) A horse.
(d) A camel.

2. What illness did the Bedouin believe could be caused by fright?
(a) Hepatitis.
(b) Polio.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Leukemia.

3. In what city had the bonds between Bedouin kin been weakened in favor of those between neighbors?
(a) Sidi Barrani.
(b) El Moderian.
(c) Tubruq.
(d) Marsa Matruh.

4. How many wives was a wealthy man reputed to have married in his lifetime?
(a) 52.
(b) 29.
(c) 32.
(d) 47.

5. Who was the man who was criticized for going to find a runaway second wife?
(a) Rashid.
(b) Tanmay.
(c) Efron.
(d) Daksha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color cummerbund would the women of the Awlad 'Ali wear around their waists?

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

3. What changed the Haj's mother's attitude toward Lila?

4. During what month was rain essential for the Awlad 'Ali to water their crops?

5. What would ewes have been fed in the desert?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of living quarters would newly married couples have in the past and when Lila lived among the Awlad 'Ali?

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

3. In what behavior would a good bride engage in on her wedding day?

4. Why did Lila go to Cairo every few weeks during the first few months she lived with the Awlad 'Ali?

5. How did the Bedouin like to honor guests?

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

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

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

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

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

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