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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did God banish Adam after he ate the fruit?
(a) To the south.
(b) To the west.
(c) To the north.
(d) To the east.

2. What crop did the Awlad 'Ali sow yearly?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Flax.
(c) Oats.
(d) Barley.

3. What color was the compound where Lila lived with the Awlad 'Ali?
(a) Pink.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Light blue.
(d) White.

4. In the camp where Lila lived, how many adults divorced at least once?
(a) 17.
(b) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 24.

5. In a Bedouin story, what was God's reason for forbidding Adam and Eve to eat fruit from a particular tree?
(a) They would die.
(b) They would become like gods.
(c) It was poisonous.
(d) They would live forever.

6. When did Lila first realize the sensitive nature of the poems recited by the women?
(a) When Lila heard one of these poems at a funeral.
(b) When Lila heard a poem at a birth.
(c) When a shepherd's wife recited one of these poems.
(d) When Lila heard a poem at a wedding.

7. How old was the man who lost respect because he submitted to his passions and chased women?
(a) 60's.
(b) 30's.
(c) 40's.
(d) 50's.

8. Which city was near the mountain where Adam and Eve met again after being banished from the garden by God?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Ar Riyad.
(c) Mecca.
(d) Alexandria.

9. Who was the man who was criticized for going to find a runaway second wife?
(a) Daksha.
(b) Tanmay.
(c) Efron.
(d) Rashid.

10. What did Bedouins believe would dry up a new mother's milk?
(a) Her being exposed to gold coins on another woman's necklace.
(b) Her being cursed.
(c) Her eating the wrong food.
(d) Her being exposed to an evil eye.

11. What was a man who needed women called?
(a) A skunk.
(b) A turkey.
(c) A dog.
(d) A donkey.

12. In Bedouin ideology, what determined a man's authority?
(a) Moral worthiness.
(b) Force.
(c) Ascribed position.
(d) Ancestry.

13. What form of poetry did the ghinnawas most resemble?
(a) Japanese haiku.
(b) A cinquain.
(c) An Italian canzone.
(d) A quatrain.

14. How many wives was a wealthy man reputed to have married in his lifetime?
(a) 29.
(b) 47.
(c) 32.
(d) 52.

15. How many children did the man, who was criticized for going to find his runaway second wife, have with his first wife?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helped Lila finally begin to interpret the poems she was hearing?

2. What city did Lila spend time in while waiting for her father to arrive in Egypt?

3. What would ewes have been fed in the desert?

4. When did the ancestors of the Awlad 'Ali sweep through North Africa?

5. In a story about the creation of Adam and Eve, what instrument was the Devil playing?

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