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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many inches of rain commonly fell in Awlad 'Ali territory?

2. Which city was near the mountain where Adam and Eve met again after being banished from the garden by God?

3. How old was the man who was criticized for going to find a runaway second wife?

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

5. What did Bedouins believe would dry up a new mother's milk?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Bedouin like to honor guests?

2. Why did Lila's father go with her to the area where the Awlad 'Ali lived?

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

4. Why were the core families where Lila stayed able to avoid cooperating in government settlement schemes?

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

6. What did patrons do for clients?

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

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

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

10. What did Rashid's brothers want him to do about a runaway second wife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the response to death in everyday language and behavior to the sentiments expressed in poetry and crying.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why "Veiled Sentiments" could be considered an ethnography. Define ethnography in your essay.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why ghinnawas, the poetry of the Awlad 'Ali, are veiled sentiments.

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