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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 the graves of the martyrs made out of at Derawar?

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

3. What does Dadi tell Shabanu to use as a guide when she leaves with all the women?

4. What did Shabanu see Dadi doing at the men's camp at the shrine?

5. What does Shabanu throw at the men in the hunting party in order to save Phulan?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Shabanu save Phulan from Nazir?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Sharma tell Dadi about the marriage arrangements for Shabanu?

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

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 following: the desert storm, monsoons, and dry seasons.

Essay Topic 3

How does Shabanu's love for the animals represent both her freedom and her undoing?

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