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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Watching Guluband be lead out of camp, Shabanu's heart feels like __________.
(a) A burning piece of paper.
(b) A dead camel.
(c) Broken clay pots.
(d) Sand.

2. Which camel gets a nose peg first?
(a) Sher Dil.
(b) Mithoo.
(c) Kalu.
(d) Xhush Dil.

3. Phulan and Shabanu ride in a __________ on the way to the shrine.
(a) Nubal.
(b) Sharpol.
(c) Harkim.
(d) Pannier.

4. What clothing marks the Marris tribe from other groups?
(a) Billowy trousers.
(b) Gun slings.
(c) Embroidered vests.
(d) Striped turban.

5. How much does Dadi say it costs to feed each camel a day?
(a) Ten rupees.
(b) Hundred rupees.
(c) Twleve rupees.
(d) Twenty rupees.

6. What do Shabanu and her family use to keep the fighting camels apart?
(a) Sticks.
(b) Ropes.
(c) Food.
(d) Rocks.

7. What does one of the men bring to play during the celebration of Dadi's success?
(a) Sitar.
(b) Bagpipe.
(c) Horn.
(d) Lute.

8. How many baby camels are in the herd when the orphan baby comes along?
(a) Six.
(b) Seven.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

9. What does Dadi tell the one-eyed man that he will sell Guluband for?
(a) Twenty-five thousand rupees.
(b) Thirty-three thousand rupees.
(c) Thirty thousand rupees.
(d) Twenty-eight thousand rupees.

10. What does the man who bought Guluband bring to the celebration at Shabanu's camp?
(a) Roasted goat.
(b) Wine.
(c) Roasted lamb.
(d) Chickens.

11. What does Dadi accuse the herder of during their negations over the camels?
(a) Playing games.
(b) Lying.
(c) Cheating.
(d) False economy.

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

13. Camels usually give birth by ____________.
(a) Walking the desert.
(b) Standing up.
(c) Laying down.
(d) Getting in water.

14. What is the name of the place Dadi and Shabanu will travel to sell their camels?
(a) Melawahr.
(b) Sibhia.
(c) Sibi.
(d) Mehrabpur.

15. Shabanu doesn't think she will ever be as beautiful as who?
(a) American actress.
(b) Phulan.
(c) Mama.
(d) Auntie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color chadr does Phulan wear to the shrine?

2. What kind of ride does Shabanu do first at the fair?

3. When Shabanu was little her mother bathed her with how much water?

4. Phulan feeds Mithoo by hanging a goatskin bag from ___________.

5. What has Grandfather made for Dadi to sell at the market?

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