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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mama give to her cousins at the camp of the shrine?
(a) Rings.
(b) Dresses.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Handmade pots.

2. What do people leave around the house where Hamir is buried?
(a) Rupees.
(b) Stones.
(c) Pots.
(d) Flags.

3. What instrument does Fatima play while Sharma sings?
(a) Bagpipe.
(b) Drums.
(c) Lute.
(d) Sitar.

4. Phulan and Shabanu see what tied to a tree while they are searching for the water plant?
(a) Goat.
(b) Chadr.
(c) Baby camel.
(d) Turban.

5. What are the graves of the martyrs made out of at Derawar?
(a) Pile of stones.
(b) Black jade.
(c) White marble.
(d) Sand concrete.

6. What word does Shabanu use to describe Hamir?
(a) Schemer.
(b) Dreamer.
(c) Rich.
(d) Evil.

7. What do Mama and Auntie collect to help make Grandfather's grave?
(a) Cow dung.
(b) Reeds.
(c) Stones.
(d) Camel hair.

8. What is Spin Gul's official title?
(a) Sahib.
(b) Commander.
(c) Colonel.
(d) Subadar.

9. What is the name of the evil landlord?
(a) Kulan.
(b) Benzar.
(c) Rahib.
(d) Nazir.

10. Who tells the woman about how Hamir died?
(a) Sahara.
(b) Kulsan.
(c) Sakina.
(d) Kulana.

11. What did Shabanu see Dadi doing at the men's camp at the shrine?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Wrestling.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Singing.

12. What does Rahim-sahib's servant always ride when he brings gifts to Shanbanu?
(a) Motorcycle.
(b) Black camel.
(c) Jeep.
(d) White horse.

13. Who do they find hiding at Auntie's house during the sand storm?
(a) Mithoo.
(b) Sher Dil.
(c) Phulan.
(d) Grandfather.

14. What color are the guards' turbans at the Wing Commanders?
(a) Green.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

15. Who mourns Hamir by not speaking for a week?
(a) Sakina.
(b) Phulan.
(c) Bibi Lal.
(d) Kulsum.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Rahim-sahib sends Shanbanu all the jewelry except what?

3. What does the name Rahim mean?

4. What is the name of Shabanu's cousin who married last year?

5. What does the mosque at Derawar remind Shabanu of?

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