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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 Shabanu pray for at the shrine of Channan Pil?

2. Where did they find Hamir's older brother's body?

3. What does the name Rahim mean?

4. What does Rahim-sahib's servant always ride when he brings gifts to Shanbanu?

5. Phulan and Shabanu see what tied to a tree while they are searching for the water plant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Sharma give to Phulan before the wedding?

2. What is the legend of the thirsty dead?

3. How does Shabanu save Phulan from Nazir?

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

5. What happens after Shabanu gets the women safely away from Mehrabpur?

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

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

8. How does Auntie act during the pilgrimage to Channan Pir?

9. What happens during Phulan's wedding ceremony?

10. Was Mama right to mistrust the message brought to them by Spin Gul from the other Ranger post?

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

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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