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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What has Grandfather made for Dadi to sell at the market?
(a) Camel hair blankets.
(b) Woven ropes.
(c) Cooking pots.
(d) Wooden saddles.

3. Shabanu thinks about Murad in chapter 3 and remembers she likes him because he what?
(a) Was kind to cousin Adil.
(b) Played with the younger kids at weddings.
(c) Always looked handsome at the street fair.
(d) Could make a camel dance.

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

5. Where are the expensive fighting and dancing camels often sent?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Eygpt.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Afghanistan.

6. How long has it been at the beginning of the novel since there was rain in the Cholistan desert?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 7 months.
(d) 2 years.

7. What is the name of the leader of the group of men who are waiting to speak to Dadi after the carnival?
(a) Wardak.
(b) Zhob.
(c) Nazir.
(d) Rahib.

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

9. Who does Phulan resemble?
(a) Dadi.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Mama.
(d) Auntie.

10. How long ago did the Hakra River dry up?
(a) Five hundred years.
(b) Two hundred years.
(c) Three thousand years.
(d) One thousand years.

11. Who is taking care of Mithoo while Shabanu is on the journey?
(a) Phulan.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Auntie.
(d) Mama.

12. It is said the Abassi prince kept how many wives in underground cells?
(a) 70.
(b) 50.
(c) 120.
(d) 500.

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

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

15. What color are the flowers that cover the desert after the rain?
(a) Purple.
(b) Orange.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is needed to sell camels for a good price to the government?

2. What does Dadi accuse the herder of during their negations over the camels?

3. What does the shrine of Channan Pir look like?

4. How much does Dadi say it costs to feed each camel a day?

5. What kind of snake bit the mother camel before she gave birth?

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