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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the theme of the first song and poem Fayga shared with Lila?
(a) Her unhappiness living in her mother's tent.
(b) The longing to marry another.
(c) Dissatisfaction with her husband.
(d) Undesirability of polygyny.

2. What was a reason Rashid might have taken a second wife?
(a) His first wife kept giving birth to sickly children.
(b) His first wife was not able to have children.
(c) His first wife asked him to take another wife to help her.
(d) His father insisted that he take another wife.

3. With whom did Aziza have recurring problems?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her uncle.

4. In a love story told in Chapter 8, what grew from the graves of a boy and girl who loved each other?
(a) Palms.
(b) Acacias.
(c) Astragalus.
(d) Geraniums.

5. What is the English translation of the phrase used by the Awlad 'Ali that begins the lament to mourn a death?
(a) Oh, sadness.
(b) Pain and sorrow.
(c) Woe is me.
(d) My heart is torn.

6. In a love story told in Chapter 8, what happened to a woodcutter?
(a) He cut off his hand.
(b) He sliced his fingers.
(c) He cut off his foot.
(d) He was blinded.

7. How old was the Haj when he finally married?
(a) 25.
(b) 35.
(c) 40.
(d) 30.

8. When Rashid's second wife ran away, who does Rashid blame?
(a) His first wife.
(b) A child in the household.
(c) His brother.
(d) A woman in the household.

9. With whom did men share poems?
(a) Their uncles.
(b) Close kinsmen of their generation or lower status men.
(c) Their fathers.
(d) Men who are a generation older than their fathers.

10. How many ghinnawas did a German explorer publish?
(a) 89.
(b) 50.
(c) 200 or so.
(d) 100 or so.

11. What did a physician say caused the death of a girl about seventeen years old?
(a) A ruptured appendix.
(b) A concussion.
(c) Cancer.
(d) A tumor.

12. What theme became associated most closely with the ghinnawa?
(a) Romantic love.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Children.
(d) Death.

13. What did Mabruka refuse to accept when Rashid married another wife?
(a) Special clothing.
(b) A new tent.
(c) Wedding gifts due her.
(d) Special wine.

14. How old was the Haj when he had his first romance?
(a) 16.
(b) 17.
(c) 18.
(d) 19.

15. When a girl of about seventeen died, who did her family blame?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her brother.
(c) A man who drove by too fast in a jeep.
(d) A man who frightened her by shooting a rifle in the air.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Lila's stay among the Awlad 'Ali, how many ghinnawas did she record?

2. What were two women doing when Lila captured their conversation and songs on tape?

3. When Fayga was taken to visit her father, why did she wish to stay longer?

4. What primary emotion is featured in ghinnawas?

5. How many syllables are in ghinnawas?

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