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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 are chapatis?

2. What does Dadi tell the men they are traveling with is the reason they live in the desert?

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

4. What does the shrine of Channan Pir look like?

5. What does Dadi accuse the herder of during their negations over the camels?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of attention does Shabanu's herd of camels get at the Sibi fair?

2. What does Guluband represent to Shabanu?

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

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

5. What is the Gudu Barrage?

6. What is a nose peg?

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

8. Who is Sharma and how does Auntie feel about her?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the symbolic significance of each of the following characters: Phulan, Dadi, Grandfather and Auntie.

Essay Topic 3

How is Shabanu's life defined more by her losses than anything she has gained? What loss in particular has had the most transformational power in her life?

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