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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 theme became associated most closely with the ghinnawa?

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

3. How did women feel if men heard them singing or reciting poetry?

4. How was the ghinnawa divisible?

5. What illness did Aziza have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Mabruka's response when she was accused of sorcery?

3. What is a ghinnawa?

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

5. How does poetry cloak statements?

6. Why were romances unlikely to result in marriage?

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

8. What other groups compose and recite ghinnawas?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book, discuss the reasons why Lila's father accompanied her when she made her first contact with the Awlad 'Ali.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why visits among kin were so important to the Awlad 'Ali and use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

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

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