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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Auntie give Shabanu before her journey with Dadi?

2. What do Shabanu and her family use to keep the fighting camels apart?

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

4. How many days will the camels have to go without water on the journey to the fair?

5. What is the name of the quiet herder who wants to buy Dadi's camels?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What all does Shabanu do at the Sibi carnival?

4. What does Guluband represent to Shabanu?

5. Describe the scene when Wardak returns to buy Guluband.

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

7. How does Dadi respond when Shabanu asks him if he was afraid of the Bugtis tribesmen who stopped their caravan?

8. What upsets Shabanu at the end of the first day of their trip to Sibi?

9. What is the special relationship between Shabanu and her camel?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The news often carries images of Pakistan and other Middle Eastern countries. Compare and contrast those images with the setting portrayed in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

What does the character Sharma represent in the story? What advice does she give Shabanu, and what role does that advice play in the choices Shabanu makes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the two choices Sharma tells Shabanu she has when it comes to her marriage to Rahim-sahib. How does Shabanu interpret this advice? Is the idea of a choice a dangerous illusion for Shabanu?

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