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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the name Rahim mean?
(a) Kind.
(b) Merciful.
(c) Wise.
(d) Patient.

3. Dadi tells Shabanu that Rahim-sahib has paid a fair price for such a ___________ girl.
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Rebellious.
(c) Troublesome.
(d) Intelligent.

4. Dadi turns the young man that they find in the sand toward _________.
(a) Mecca.
(b) Down.
(c) Heaven.
(d) East.

5. What does Dadi tell Shabanu to use as a guide when she leaves with all the women?
(a) North star.
(b) Mountains.
(c) Sun.
(d) Moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mama and Auntie collect to help make Grandfather's grave?

2. Shabanu tells the man that helps her rescue the boys from the tree at the Wing Commanders that she has perfect ____________.

3. Rahim-sahib is in his ____________.

4. What kind of tree do the young boys climb into at the Wing Commanders?

5. What do people leave around the house where Hamir is buried?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Dadi and Shabanu go out searching for Grandfather during the storm?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Shabanu save Phulan from Nazir?

10. Why does Shabanu worry about Phulan's future as the wife of a farmer?

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