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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. When a girl of about seventeen died, who did her family blame?
(a) Her brother.
(b) A man who frightened her by shooting a rifle in the air.
(c) A man who drove by too fast in a jeep.
(d) Her grandfather.

2. In a love story in Chapter 8, who killed a girl when she wailed and cried over the death of the boy she loved?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her father.

3. In a love story told in Chapter 8, how far was a girl buried from the grave of her love?
(a) About 2 kilometers.
(b) About 3 kilometers.
(c) About a kilometer.
(d) About 1/2 kilometer.

4. In an age of trucks, what did wealthy men maintain even though they were obsolete?
(a) Goat herds.
(b) Cow herds.
(c) Sheep herds.
(d) Camel herds.

5. When an individual wrote a poem about personal experiences, with whom did the writer identify?
(a) Tragic heroes and heroines from the past.
(b) Beloved relatives.
(c) Respected ancestors.
(d) People they respect in the community.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the theme of the first song and poem Fayga shared with Lila?

2. Of the ghinnawas that Lila recorded when she stayed with the Awlad 'Ali, how many were duplicates?

3. From what tribe was the girl that the Haj loved when he was young?

4. In a photograph on page 192, what did women use as a windbreak?

5. In what point of view do they write ghinnawas?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the threat of sexuality to the Bedouin system dealt with?

2. Why was Lila rarely able to tape-record anything when she was in the field?

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

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

5. Are ghinnawas a traditional form?

6. What are the costs of arranged marriages?

7. How does poetry cloak statements?

8. What was Aziza's story?

9. How are ghinnawas linked to romantic love?

10. When were ghinnawas sung at weddings?

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