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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the buckets Shabanu uses to haul water made from?
(a) Clay.
(b) Camel hair.
(c) Goatskin.
(d) Sheepskin.

2. What is the special treat Dadi buys for Shabanu to eat at the carnival?
(a) Paan.
(b) Shatoosh.
(c) Xhush.
(d) Panir.

3. What is the reaction from Phulan, Mama, and Auntie when Dadi shows them all the things he bought for Phulan's dowry?
(a) Silence.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Crying.
(d) Singing.

4. What color is the covering Phulan must wear now that she is betrothed?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

5. What treasure is Auntie most impressed with that Dadi bought for Phulan's dowry?
(a) Brass pots.
(b) A nose ring.
(c) Gold necklace.
(d) Shawls.

6. As they travel, what do the Bedford trucks and buses look like to Shabanu?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Turtles.
(c) Beetles.
(d) Scorpians.

7. What does Shabanu feel Guluband has taken with him?
(a) Her future.
(b) Her freedom.
(c) Her hope.
(d) Herself.

8. At the fair, what are the men measuring on scales?
(a) Grains.
(b) Sugar cane.
(c) Fodder.
(d) Gold.

9. What is the toba?
(a) Head covering.
(b) Bread.
(c) Water jug.
(d) Water supply.

10. Shabanu names the orphan camel Mithoo for his __________.
(a) Toothlessness.
(b) Sweetness.
(c) Stubborness.
(d) White fur.

11. What doesn't Shabanu see at the fair?
(a) Animals.
(b) Children.
(c) Fires.
(d) Women.

12. Where does Shabanu keep the spending money Dadi gives her for the fair?
(a) In her shoe.
(b) In a purse around her waist.
(c) Tied in her new skirt.
(d) Tied in her chadr.

13. What is Phulan wearing when she comes to see the new baby camel with Dadi?
(a) Lungi.
(b) Pogh.
(c) Chumroo.
(d) Chadr.

14. What does the shrine of Channan Pir look like?
(a) An oasis.
(b) A stone arch.
(c) A golden mosque.
(d) A mound of stones.

15. Phulan feeds Mithoo by hanging a goatskin bag from ___________.
(a) A pole in the courtyard.
(b) Her arm.
(c) Branch of a thorn tree.
(d) Neck of a mother camel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man who bought Guluband bring to the celebration at Shabanu's camp?

2. After returning from the fair, the family has enough water to last _____.

3. How many days will the camels have to go without water on the journey to the fair?

4. In chapter 1, Mama assures Shabanu that she and Phulan are better than _______.

5. What does Phulan get tangled in as she tried to escape the charging camel?

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