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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 does Dadi send Shabanu out to buy for a celebration at the fair?
(a) Calf.
(b) Roasted goat.
(c) Two chickens.
(d) Four chickens.

2. What does Dadi dance with during the celebration at their camp?
(a) Shabanu.
(b) Children.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Swords.

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

4. What is Channan Pir known as?
(a) Protector of children.
(b) Protector of women.
(c) Granter of wishes.
(d) Granter of wealth.

5. What is the religion of Shabanu's family?
(a) Buddhist.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Hindu.
(d) Christian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shabanu sell at the fair?

2. What are the men sitting around the fire doing?

3. What is the special treat Dadi buys for Shabanu at the carnival made from?

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

5. Shabanu says that as they leave the fair she feels as empty as ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shabanu feel about her future after Dadi comforts her?

2. Why is Shanbanu's father mad about the loss of the mother camel at first?

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

4. What is the Gudu Barrage?

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

6. What does Shabanu realize as she tells Phulan all about the Sibi fair?

7. Why is Shabanu worried about her future?

8. What is the family's reaction when the see what Dadi has bought for Phulan's dowry and for gifts?

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

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

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