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

2. With whom did women share poems?

3. What project did Mabruka refuse to help with because of Rashid's second marriage?

4. What accompanied a message Mabruka sends when warning the recipient to beware?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Mabruka refuse to attend the wedding when her husband married a second wife?

2. When were ghinnawas sung at weddings?

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

4. How does poetry cloak statements?

5. How are ghinnawas linked to romantic love?

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

7. Are ghinnawas a traditional form?

8. Why are analogies drawn in poetry between the poet and young children?

9. Why were romances unlikely to result in marriage?

10. What is a ghinnawa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book, discuss how providers (persons in authority) treat their dependents.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the consequences and restrictions Lila faced because of her father's introduction and her status in the Awlad 'Ali community.

Essay Topic 3

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

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