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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, Yazman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shabanu sell at the fair?
(a) Two clay pots.
(b) Three of Mama's dresses.
(c) Three camel hair blankets.
(d) Two of grandfather's saddles.

2. What does Shabanu use to keep the scorpions away from their bedrolls?
(a) Onion.
(b) Fire.
(c) Garlic.
(d) Sand trench.

3. What landmark do Shabanu and Dadi follow for the last part of their journey to the fair?
(a) City wall.
(b) River
(c) Mountains.
(d) Railroad.

4. The midwife who helps Auntie during her miscarriage is the sister of ___________.
(a) Sharma.
(b) Murad.
(c) Dadi.
(d) Shahzada.

5. How much did someone offer for Guluband at last year's fair?
(a) Eighteen hundred dollars.
(b) Ten thousand rupees.
(c) Fifteen thousand rupees.
(d) Twelve thousand dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dadi tell Shabanu to use as a guide when she leaves with all the women?

2. What is the name of the place Dadi and Shabanu will travel to sell their camels?

3. How long has it been at the beginning of the novel since there was rain in the Cholistan desert?

4. What is the name of Hamir and Murad's older brother who was killed?

5. What people sacrifice and eat camels for a religious feast?

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