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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. How many of the adults in the community where Lila lived had been officially divorced at least once?
(a) Over 1/3.
(b) 2/3.
(c) Over 1/2.
(d) 1/4.

2. What were two women doing when Lila captured their conversation and songs on tape?
(a) Caring for children.
(b) Doing laundry.
(c) Sewing a tent.
(d) Visiting neighbors.

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

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

5. In a love story told in Chapter 8, what happened to a woodcutter?
(a) He cut off his hand.
(b) He was blinded.
(c) He sliced his fingers.
(d) He cut off his foot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Aziza not remarry?

2. What did the Awlad 'Ali believe should be evoked by beautiful poetry?

3. What upset Migdim when she came to stay in the household where Lila was living?

4. In a love story in Chapter 8, how close to home was a boy when he fell ill and died?

5. In a love story in Chapter 8, who killed a girl when she wailed and cried over the death of the boy she loved?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Awlad 'Ali present themselves through their poems?

2. With whom are poems shared?

3. Are ghinnawas a traditional form?

4. For the Awlad 'Ali, how does poetry relate to the past?

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

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

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

8. Why were romances unlikely to result in marriage?

9. What was Aziza's story?

10. How are ghinnawas linked to romantic love?

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