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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was a woman sexually taboo after giving birth?
(a) 40 days.
(b) 60 days.
(c) 45 days.
(d) 30 days.

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

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 daughter died.
(b) Her brother died.
(c) Lost her only son.
(d) Her husband was killed.

4. In the desert, what animal did they hunt at night?
(a) Wild dogs.
(b) Game birds.
(c) Gazelles.
(d) Wild hares.

5. What was the standard by which status was measured and hierarchy determined in Awlad 'Ali society?
(a) Autonomy or freedom.
(b) Strength or dignity.
(c) Respect.
(d) Courage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the man who was criticized for going to find a runaway second wife?

2. What was the Bedouin social system touted to be?

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

4. Where did Adam and Eve meet again after God banished them?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did people greet the birth of a boy?

2. Why did Lila go to Cairo every few weeks during the first few months she lived with the Awlad 'Ali?

3. How were brides carried from her natal home in the past and when Lila lived with the Awlad 'Ali?

4. How did Nafla resist an unwanted marriage when she was fourteen?

5. Why did Lila's father go with her to the area where the Awlad 'Ali lived?

6. Why might a woman have no choice, but to obey her husband?

7. How were Lila's expectations of the Bedouins different from the reality?

8. How did the Bedouin like to honor guests?

9. In the past, what was the relationship between the Awlad 'Ali and the Mrabtin?

10. How did people greet the birth of a girl?

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