Question 1

What is Guluband's special talent?

Accepted Answer

Dancing

Answer

Finding water in the desert

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Singing

Answer

Racing

Question 2

Why does Shabanu worry about Mithoo when he is born?

Accepted Answer

She is afraid he will starve because no other camels will nurse him.

Answer

She is afraid the vultures will attack him.

Answer

She is afraid he will run away.

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She is afraid a snake will bite him.

Question 3

Why does Shabanu eventually wear her chadr when she and Dadi set out for Sibi?

Accepted Answer

To keep the sun off her head

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Because she decides it is beautiful

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Because she wants to seem more grownup

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To keep the sand out of her eyes

Question 4

What will happen to the Bugti girl when her family finds her?

Accepted Answer

They will kill her.

Answer

She will become a slave.

Answer

They will punish her but will eventually forgive her.

Answer

They will force her to marry another man.

Question 5

What does Dadi want most when selling his camels?

Accepted Answer

To sell them to a man who will be kind to them

Answer

To sell them to Arabs or Mujahaddin

Answer

As much money as possible

Answer

To sell them as quickly as possible

Question 6

Why does Dadi sell Guluband to Wardak?

Accepted Answer

Because Wardak brings the amount for which Dadi promised he would sell him

Answer

To teach Shabanu a lesson about obeying him

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Because Wardak offers him more money than he can resist

Answer

Because he knows Wardak will cherish the camel

Question 7

Where did the beautiful shatoosh in the old man's shop come from?

Accepted Answer

The old man's father gave it to his mother.

Answer

It once belonged to a prince's consort.

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Ten old women spent their final decade alive collecting the cashmere for it and weaving it by hand.

Answer

The man had given it to his wife, who is now dead.

Question 8

Who offers Shabanu the greatest sympathy over Guluband when she returns from Sibi?

Accepted Answer

Grandfather

Answer

Mama

Answer

Phulan

Answer

Dadi

Question 9

How does Shabanu react when she sees Dadi fighting at the camp near Channan Pir?

Accepted Answer

She feels repulsed and angry.

Answer

She feels frightened he will punish her.

Answer

She feels ashamed.

Answer

She is proud that her father is so strong.

Question 10

What does Sharma tell Shabanu at Channan Pir?

Accepted Answer

That the love of a good man is a blessing

Answer

To run away from home and come live with her in the desert

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That she wishes she had never left her husband

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That all men are cruel and abusive

Question 11

How did Lal Khan probably die?

Accepted Answer

Nazir Mohammad murdered him.

Answer

He fell down a well.

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An angry camel trampled him.

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He died of thirst in the desert.

Question 12

Why does Dadi tell Shabanu to stay with Phulan at all times in Mehrabpur?

Accepted Answer

Because he fears Nazir Mohammad will try to hurt her in some way

Answer

Because he is afraid she will run off to see Hamir before the wedding day

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Because he wants to prevent Shabanu from wandering around by herself with the camels

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Because Phulan is so empty-headed she will get lost

Question 13

Why do Nazir Mohammad's friends decide they are not interested in Shabanu?

Accepted Answer

She speaks too boldly and acts like a man.

Answer

They realize she is part of Bibi Lal's family.

Answer

She is too ugly.

Answer

She is too young.

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