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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "shutr keena" mean?

2. How much did someone offer for Guluband at last year's fair?

3. What is the name of the Muslim feast where camels and goats are sacrificed?

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

5. What color are the flowers that cover the desert after the rain?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dadi make it up to Shabanu for discussing selling Guluband?

2. Who does Dadi sell most of the female camels to and how do the negotiations go?

3. What happens when a group of Bugtis tribesmen stop the caravan Dadi and Shabanu are traveling with to the Sibi Fair?

4. What does Grandfather tell Shabanu after she returns from Sibi?

5. What way to they devise to feed the orphan camel after the other mother camels reject it?

6. What does Shabanu encounter when she hears a camel in distress while tending the herd?

7. What does delivering the baby camel cause Shabanu to think about?

8. Why is Shabanu worried about her future?

9. What does Phulan tell Shabanu she worries about when she marries?

10. How does Shabanu feel about her gift from Auntie?

(see the answer keys)

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