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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. Where was a young man shot during an altercation between some Bedouin men and a group of Egyptian soldiers riding on a train through a Bedouin area?

2. What colors were associated with purity and with men?

3. Who gave the Awlad 'Ali rights to land in the Western desert in the nineteenth century?

4. What was closely tied to the moral nature among the Awlad 'Ali?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the Bedouin like to honor guests?

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

4. How did the Awlad 'Ali obtain water for their daily needs?

5. What was the assumption in Egypt about nomadism and semi-nomadism?

6. What did a woman whose daughter was about to marry a respected man in the camp say that her daughter wanted in a man?

7. How far had some men traveled outside the Awlad 'Ali community?

8. How could a woman resist a tyrannical husband?

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

10. How does a modest woman show virtuous womanhood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the response to death in everyday language and behavior to the sentiments expressed in poetry and crying.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, discuss how agnation and patrilineality relate to the Awald 'Ali. Make sure that you define the terms in your discussion and use quotes from the book to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, discuss the social value of male and female in Bedouin society.

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