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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Kalyug, Section III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Chand believe the Hindu women jumped into wells when faced with rape?
(a) They are too proud to admit defeat.
(b) They are too pure to allow a stranger to touch them.
(c) They are too vain to allow a stranger to see them.
(d) They are too uneducated to know they will perish.

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

3. Why does Meet imply by assuming Iqbal's name of Singh?
(a) He assumes he is American.
(b) He assumes he is Muslim.
(c) He assumes he is Sikh.
(d) He assumes he is Hindu.

4. What does the young girl think the shot is?
(a) A celebration.
(b) A shikari.
(c) A murder.
(d) A robbery.

5. What proof does Jugga's mother have he was not involved in the dacoit?
(a) He was sleeping.
(b) The bangles.
(c) He was out of town.
(d) His word.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Iqbal claim the British left India?

2. What does Chand note the Subinspector and the village have not had, in terms of why they remain at peace?

3. What is Chand doing to the girl when they hear a shot?

4. What does the mullah of the mosque believe in terms of freedom?

5. What images does Hukum Chand see at the beginning of Chapter two, section two?

(see the answer key)

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