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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Identity in Relationships.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a feast for a neighbor who returned from a pilgrimage, what did Lila and some adolescent girls do?
(a) Carried water.
(b) Sewed.
(c) Collected firewood.
(d) Prepared food.

2. When Lila did her fieldwork, how many of the five core household heads married paternal first cousins?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

3. What tragedy had a middle-aged wife of a powerful tribal leader experienced two and a half years before she recited a poem to Lila?
(a) Her brother died.
(b) Lost her only son.
(c) Her daughter died.
(d) Her husband was killed.

4. Who helped Lila finally begin to interpret the poems she was hearing?
(a) A Libyan in Cairo.
(b) A Bedouin in Cairo.
(c) A Jordanian in Alexandria.
(d) An Egyptian in Alexandria.

5. Who gave the Awlad 'Ali rights to land in the Western desert in the nineteenth century?
(a) Ibrahim Pasha.
(b) Ali Sadik Bey.
(c) Muhammad Abdel Halim.
(d) Mohammad 'Ali.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the Haj, head of the household, where Lila lived?

2. Before Lila arrived, how long had it been since the Awlad 'Ali migrated to the desert?

3. What crop did the Awlad 'Ali sow yearly?

4. Which direction did Lila travel from Alexandria to reach the area where the Awald 'Ali lived?

5. What lake could one smell after crossing a one-lane bridge leading from Alexandria to the desert?

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