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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. Of the ghinnawas that Lila recorded when she stayed with the Awlad 'Ali, how many were duplicates?
(a) Only 7 or 8.
(b) Only a few.
(c) About 10.
(d) About 20.

2. What theme became associated most closely with the ghinnawa?
(a) Death.
(b) Children.
(c) Romantic love.
(d) Jealousy.

3. What was the year when the Haj had his first romance?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1950.

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

5. In a love story in Chapter 8, where did a boy and girl in love with each other meet ?
(a) At the tent of an uncle.
(b) In the desert.
(c) At the tent of an old lady.
(d) At the tent of a cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years before Lila's arrival had a young man been murdered?

2. How old was the Haj when he had his first romance?

3. How old was Migdim?

4. What was the only thing that Lila was usually able to tape record?

5. What emotion about her husband's second marriage did Mabruka's poetry reveal?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did a niece describe how she found the body of her aunt, after the old woman died suddenly?

2. What was Aziza's story?

3. What is a ghinnawa?

4. When did the Awlad 'Ali learn to attribute blame when something happened?

5. How are ghinnawas linked to romantic love?

6. Why was poetry gradually disappearing from public ceremonial occasions?

7. How was the youngest adult man in the group of agnatic kinsmen where Lila did her fieldwork killed?

8. How do reactions to a husband's second marriage vary?

9. Are ghinnawas a traditional form?

10. After hearing so much about the value of hasham, why was Lila shocked to learn about one young woman in the camp?

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