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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. When Lila left, how many children did the Haj have?
(a) 18.
(b) 21.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

2. What nickname did foreigners give Alexandrian taxis?
(a) Speeding coffins.
(b) Flying coffins.
(c) Death wagons.
(d) Death traps.

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

4. When did the ancestors of the Awlad 'Ali sweep through North Africa?
(a) 12th century.
(b) 13th century.
(c) 11th century.
(d) 10th century.

5. Before Lila arrived, how long had it been since the Awlad 'Ali migrated to the desert?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 7 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of the Egyptian population consist of Bedouins of the Western desert when Lila did her fieldwork?

2. When did Lila live with the Awlad 'Ali?

3. What types of trees surrounded crude structures at the edge of the Western desert?

4. When did Lila's new life begin to seem natural, so she felt as if she belonged with the Awlad 'Ali?

5. In what city had the bonds between Bedouin kin been weakened in favor of those between neighbors?

(see the answer key)

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