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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many camels will Shabanu and Phulan each have in her dowry?
(a) 23.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

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

4. What does Shabanu use to feed the orphan camel?
(a) Another mother camel.
(b) Her fingers.
(c) A wet cloth.
(d) A cup.

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

6. How does Shabanu feel about how her sister keeps herself covered as a bride-to-be?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sad.
(c) Proud.
(d) Envious.

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

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

9. What is Tipu?
(a) Stud of the herd.
(b) Young female in heat.
(c) Orphaned baby.
(d) Young male.

10. What do Dadi and Shabanu bring back from their journey for Auntie?
(a) Shawls.
(b) Blankets.
(c) Gold necklace.
(d) Pots.

11. Dadi wears a ________ tied around his waist.
(a) Chadr.
(b) Lungi.
(c) Pogh.
(d) Chumroo.

12. Where does Shabanu go on her first morning home from the long journey? .
(a) Out with the camels.
(b) Toba
(c) Prayer platform.
(d) Mithoo.

13. Who does Dadi say will give him the best price for Guluband?
(a) Mujahideen.
(b) Desert Rangers.
(c) Princes.
(d) Russians.

14. What are chapatis?
(a) Water supply.
(b) Head covering.
(c) Water jug.
(d) Bread.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shabanu name the puppy Dadi gives her?

2. What does Dadi dance with during the celebration at their camp?

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

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

5. Phulan and Shabanu ride in a __________ on the way to the shrine.

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