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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 Phulan get tangled in as she tried to escape the charging camel?
(a) Dadi's turban.
(b) Her veil.
(c) The sand.
(d) Guluband's legs.

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

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

4. Who tells Shabanu that it's okay to cry for Guluband?
(a) Phulan.
(b) Mama.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) Dadi.

5. How much does the kind herder pay for Dadi's camels?
(a) Thirty-three thousand rupees.
(b) Thirty thousand rupees.
(c) Twenty-five thousand rupees.
(d) Twenty-eight thousand rupees.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dadi feel about the mother camel dying?

2. What color is the covering Phulan must wear now that she is betrothed?

3. What is the reaction from Phulan, Mama, and Auntie when Dadi shows them all the things he bought for Phulan's dowry?

4. What name does Grandfather give all his camels?

5. Where are the expensive fighting and dancing camels often sent?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the celebration at Shabanu's camp like on the last night of the Sibi fair?

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

3. How do the rains dictate the life of Shabanu's family?

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

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

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

7. What happens when Shabanu goes from the women's camp to gather fodder and firewood?

8. How does Shabanu show more concern for the camels than for obeying her father?

9. What do the men traveling to the fair talk about as they sit by the fire with Dadi?

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

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