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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 is the name of the keeper of the fort at Derawar?

2. What does Shabanu pray for at the shrine of Channan Pil?

3. What does Mama give to her cousins at the camp of the shrine?

4. While the men decide the fate of Shabanu's family, who is she afraid Phulan will have to marry?

5. Who helps Shabanu to feel better about Phulan marrying Murad?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Auntie tell Shabanu the morning after Hamir is killed by Nazir?

2. How does Shabanu react to the new fate she has been given?

3. What happens when Nazir and his hunting party see Shabanu returning from getting water?

4. Why can't Grandfather be buried inside the fort at Derawar?

5. What happens when Shabanu and Phulan are sent ahead of the family on their journey to the fort?

6. What do they discover when they go outside the hut after the sand storm?

7. How does Shabanu break with tradition on Grandfather's behalf?

8. How does Shabanu meet Rahim-sahib for the first time?

9. Why will Bibi Lal likely be a good mother-in-law to Phulan?

10. What becomes of the house where Hamir is buried?

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 the camels both collectively and individually throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 3

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

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