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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What tribes were the true Awlad 'Ali?
2. When did the Awlad 'Ali migrate into Egypt?
3. What color was the compound where Lila lived with the Awlad 'Ali?
4. Before Lila arrived, how long had it been since the Awlad 'Ali migrated to the desert?
5. In what city had the bonds between Bedouin kin been weakened in favor of those between neighbors?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did people greet the birth of a boy?
2. How did the Bedouin like to honor guests?
3. How does a modest woman show virtuous womanhood?
4. Why did Bedouin women keep their ties to their kin even after marriage?
5. Why were the core families where Lila stayed able to avoid cooperating in government settlement schemes?
6. How did the Awlad 'Ali obtain water for their daily needs?
7. How could a woman resist a tyrannical husband?
8. What questions and doubts do anthropologists deal with when doing field work?
9. Why was the Haj's mother reserved with Lila at first and why did her attitude change?
10. Why might a woman have no choice, but to obey her husband?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss why "Veiled Sentiments" could be considered an ethnography. Define ethnography in your essay.
Essay Topic 2
Using examples from the book, discuss the reasons why Lila's father accompanied her when she made her first contact with the Awlad 'Ali.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the consequences and restrictions Lila faced because of her father's introduction and her status in the Awlad 'Ali community.
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