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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens in the night at the station that turns the sky orange?
(a) A fire is lit.
(b) The soldiers turn on generators.
(c) The soldier begin shooting people.
(d) The trains leave.

3. What realization by Iqbal hurts his pride?
(a) That he is being evacuated because he is a Muslim.
(b) That he is being arrested for murder.
(c) That he was robbed because he was a social worker.
(d) That he is being evacuated because he is a Sikh.

4. What do the citizens of Mano Majra time their lives by?
(a) The time of day.
(b) The trains.
(c) The tides.
(d) The prayers of the Muslims.

5. How did the hijras escape being killed?
(a) They made the Christians laugh.
(b) They made the Hindus laugh.
(c) They made the Sikhs laugh.
(d) They made the Muslims laugh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old woman claim of the young prostitute?

2. Why doesn't the lambardar tell the people what is happening?

3. What does Chand associate his guilt over the girl to?

4. Where do families sleep in the evenings during the summer?

5. What do the villagers smell at the end of this section?

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