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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. During what occasion did Lila hear men sing in public?
(a) Wedding.
(b) Circumcision.
(c) Sheep shearing.
(d) Funeral.
2. What accompanied a message Mabruka sends when warning the recipient to beware?
(a) Pot of food.
(b) A garment.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A special beverage.
3. When Lila has difficulty translating imagery that Makraba
used in her poetry about her husband's second marriage, what are the images of?
When Lila has difficulty translating imagery that Makraba
used in her poetry about her husband's second marriage, what are the images of?
(a) Ships and harbors.
(b) Predator and prey.
(c) Sleep and death.
(d) Road and journey.
4. What did a physician say caused the death of a girl about seventeen years old?
(a) Cancer.
(b) A ruptured appendix.
(c) A concussion.
(d) A tumor.
5. How old was Aziza?
(a) 35 years old.
(b) 27 years old.
(c) 33 years old.
(d) 26 years old.
Short Answer Questions
1. In a love story in Chapter 8, who killed a girl when she wailed and cried over the death of the boy she loved?
2. In what point of view do they write ghinnawas?
3. In a love story told in Chapter 8, how far was a girl buried from the grave of her love?
4. At what age did Awlad 'Ali girls marry?
5. In a love story in Chapter 8, how close to home was a boy when he fell ill and died?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did a niece describe how she found the body of her aunt, after the old woman died suddenly?
2. When did the Awlad 'Ali learn to attribute blame when something happened?
3. How do reactions to a husband's second marriage vary?
4. After hearing so much about the value of hasham, why was Lila shocked to learn about one young woman in the camp?
5. What tape that Lila recorded did most people want to hear again and again?
6. What is a ghinnawa?
7. How is the threat of sexuality to the Bedouin system dealt with?
8. For the Awlad 'Ali, how does poetry relate to the past?
9. When were ghinnawas sung at weddings?
10. What are the costs of arranged marriages?
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