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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. Where does Shabanu keep the spending money Dadi gives her for the fair?

2. What does one of the men bring to play during the celebration of Dadi's success?

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

4. What is Tipu?

5. Who does Dadi sell Guluband to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Mama worry about Shabanu's future?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Did the family buy Phulan's happiness and their own security by selling Shabanu to the highest bidder? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the many cultural elements of the Pakistani nomads that have essential practical uses as well as deep cultural meaning. Begin the discussion with the chadr and include at least two other elements.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the images of life and death used throughout the novel. How are these images intertwined with the plot and themes of the novel?

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