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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the citizens call the dark age?
(a) The Kalyug.
(b) The Coming.
(c) The Entya.
(d) The Wara.

2. Who gave the police the names of those responsible for Lal's murder?
(a) Meet Singh.
(b) Jugga.
(c) Imam.
(d) Iqbal.

3. Where does Iqbal tell both Meet Singh and the passengers on the train he is from?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Africa.
(c) Europe.
(d) India.

4. What does the Subinspector tell Chand the villagers know nothing of?
(a) The economic crisis.
(b) The war with the United States.
(c) The plague.
(d) The leaving of the British.

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

6. Why has Mano Majra become important in bureaucratic circles?
(a) The officer's rest house nearby.
(b) The church in the middle of the city.
(c) The military presence in town.
(d) The railroad.

7. What does the young girl who comes to the rest house with the old woman do?
(a) She cooks.
(b) She is a barber.
(c) She cleans.
(d) She sings and dances.

8. Where does the stranger go when he enters town?
(a) The station house.
(b) The Sikh temple.
(c) The mosque.
(d) Jugga's home.

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

10. Why are the police uneasy about their prisoners?
(a) They believe both are innocent.
(b) They believe both are violent.
(c) They believe both are guilty.
(d) They believe both have political ties.

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

12. What does the mullah of the mosque believe in terms of freedom?
(a) That freedom is an impossible concept.
(b) That freedom often means an increase in violence.
(c) That freedom is worth fighting for.
(d) That freedom only benefits the educated.

13. Why does the Subinspector believe Mano Majra is still at peace, in spite of the newly arrived refugees?
(a) The refugees are women.
(b) The refugees are Muslim.
(c) The refugees have not been harassed.
(d) The refugees are Hindu.

14. What is Chand doing to the girl when they hear a shot?
(a) Getting ready to make love to her.
(b) Giving her wine.
(c) Feeding her.
(d) Scolding her.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What religion is Haseena?

3. Why does the lambardar record the names of those who bring the goods to the trucks?

4. What does Chand suggest they do with the Muslims?

5. How does the Subinspector determine Iqbal's faith?

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