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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 of the adults in the community where Lila lived had been officially divorced at least once?

2. What was the year when the Haj had his first romance?

3. How would a body be prepared in proper Muslim fashion?

4. What popular cultural theme becomes tied up with ghinnawas?

5. In a love story told in Chapter 8, how far was a girl buried from the grave of her love?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What other groups compose and recite ghinnawas?

3. Are ghinnawas a traditional form?

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

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

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

7. In bereavement, how did the Awlad 'Ali express their sentiments?

8. What was Aziza's story?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the formal and informal checks and balances that exist to stop tyrannical providers. Give examples from the book and use quotes to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the fieldwork that Lila was performing among the Awlad 'Ali and how she had to change to focus of her work because of her status with the group. Give specific examples from the book to support your statements.

Essay Topic 3

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

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