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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the soldiers that kill Sikhs in Jugga's story?
(a) They are arrested.
(b) They crash and die.
(c) They are murdered.
(d) They are robbed.

2. How is Lala killed?
(a) He is starved to death.
(b) He is shot in the head.
(c) He is stabbed in the stomach.
(d) He is beaten to death.

3. What does the young man at the meeting suggest might be in the train that is stopped at the station?
(a) Money.
(b) Military treasures.
(c) Refugees.
(d) Soldiers.

4. What does Chand do to the young girl at the end of this section?
(a) Begins making love to her.
(b) Kills her.
(c) Threatens her.
(d) Berates her.

5. What happened to the time schedule in September?
(a) It stopped altogether.
(b) It became reliable.
(c) It became unreliable.
(d) It became punctual.

6. What happened to Haseena's mother?
(a) She was captured by Muslims.
(b) She died during a rape.
(c) She died after Haseena was born.
(d) She fled after Haseena was born.

7. What does Jugga believe in that claims bad acts result in bad harvest?
(a) Righteousness.
(b) Newton's Law.
(c) Fate.
(d) Karma.

8. What does Chand see as the immediate problem?
(a) Saving Muslim lives in Mano Majra.
(b) Saving Hindu lives in Mano Majra.
(c) Saving Sikh lives in Mano Majra.
(d) Saving Christian lives in Mano Majra.

9. How did the Sikhs respond to the killing of their people by the Muslims?
(a) They killed the children of a Muslim leader.
(b) They attacked a Muslim refugee train.
(c) They burned down the Muslim mosque.
(d) They raped the women of a village.

10. Who is treated badly by Sardar Sahib?
(a) Imam Baksh.
(b) Iqbal Singh.
(c) The lambardar.
(d) Jugga Singh.

11. Where did Chand spend his time in order to purge himself of the obsession?
(a) The crematorium.
(b) A garage.
(c) A courthouse.
(d) A house of prostitution.

12. What do the police do with rioters?
(a) Kill them.
(b) Evacuate them.
(c) Disperse them.
(d) Arrest them.

13. What was created in the summer of 1947?
(a) The new state of Sikhs.
(b) The new state of Israel.
(c) The new state of India.
(d) The new state of Pakistan.

14. Why does Iqbal claim the British left India?
(a) They were afraid.
(b) They were no longer needed.
(c) They were lonely.
(d) They were angry.

15. What does Chand believe is the only absolute truth?
(a) Pride.
(b) Ambition.
(c) Death.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the police uneasy about their prisoners?

2. Where does Iqbal tell both Meet Singh and the passengers on the train he is from?

3. Why does the Subinspector believe Mano Majra is still at peace, in spite of the newly arrived refugees?

4. What does Iqbal believe is the reason that he and Jugga are treated differently?

5. What does the young girl think the shot is?

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