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Shabanu
Suzanne Fisher Staples
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Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Guluband
Birth and Kalu
Safari and The Bugtis
Sibi Fair, The Bargain, and Shatoosh
Dowry, Nosepegs, and Channan Pir
Sharma, Desert Storm, and Thirsty Dead
Derawar and Ramadan
The Landlord and Spin Gul
Yazman and Justice
The Choice and The Wedding
Cholistan
Characters
Character List
Shabanu
Dadi
Sharma
Mama
Phulan
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
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Context
Plot Overview
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs, and Symbols
Guluband
Birth and Kalu
Safari and The Bugtis
Sibi Fair, The Bargain, and Shatoosh
Dowry, Nosepegs, and Channan Pir
Sharma, Desert Storm, and Thirsty Dead
Derawar and Ramadan
The Landlord and Spin Gul
Yazman and Justice
The Choice and The Wedding
Cholistan
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Themes, Motifs, and Symbols Quiz
Further Study
Themes, Motifs, and Symbols Quiz
1
of 5
Which character exemplifies the struggle between acting according to one's wants, and acting according to what is expected?
Dadi
Shabanu
Sharma
Phulan
2
of 5
What are used to symbolically mark turning points or times of transition within the story?
Festivals
Deaths
Marriages
Storms
3
of 5
What does Dadi say will happen to the Bugti girl who ran away, once she is caught?
She'll be disowned
She'll be killed
She'll be sold off
She'll be beaten
4
of 5
What does the chadr, or long cloth used as a head cover, symbolize in the novel?
Family
Faith
Womanhood
Independence
5
of 5
In the novel, what are both wealth and a way of life for a desert man?
Camels
Wives
Crops
Daughters
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