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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 far did the Western Desert stretch to the Libyan border?
(a) 1,000 kilometers.
(b) 500 kilometers.
(c) 600 kilometers.
(d) 1,500 kilometers.

2. How much of the Egyptian population consist of Bedouins of the Western desert when Lila did her fieldwork?
(a) 1 percent.
(b) 5 percent.
(c) 7 percent.
(d) 3 percent.

3. What types of trees did the Awlad 'Ali plant?
(a) Willow and mulberry trees.
(b) Olive and almond trees.
(c) Palm and date trees.
(d) Sycamore and lotus trees.

4. How many inches of rain commonly fell in Awlad 'Ali territory?
(a) 7 to 8 inches.
(b) 2 to 4 inches.
(c) 1 to 2 inches.
(d) 5 to 6 inches.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the section "Identification and Sharing," why did a woman threaten to leave her husband?

2. On page 120, what wild edible green do the children gather?

3. When was Lila's host mysteriously absent for a period?

4. How many children did the man, who was criticized for going to find his runaway second wife, have with his first wife?

5. When did the Awlad 'Ali migrate to the desert?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the Bedouin like to honor guests?

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

4. What did Rashid's brothers want him to do about a runaway second wife?

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

6. What type of living quarters would newly married couples have in the past and when Lila lived among the Awlad 'Ali?

7. What did clients do for their patrons?

8. What was the difference that a woman might feel during a pregnancy depending on whether she was carrying a boy or a girl?

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

10. Describe the ritual performed by children to bring rain.

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