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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the Subinspector determine Iqbal's faith?
(a) He checks to see if he is circumcised.
(b) He checks to see if he has a tattoo.
(c) He checks to see if he has a Holy Bible.
(d) He checks to see if he wears the bangles of the Sikh.

3. From where do the villagers watch the action at the station?
(a) From the river.
(b) From the platform.
(c) From their roofs.
(d) From the woods.

4. In what year does the story take place?
(a) 1750.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1850.

5. What type of Muslim does Haseena note is still in Chundunnegger, although they could also be called Sikhs?
(a) Homosexuals.
(b) Hermaphrodites.
(c) Priests.
(d) Pregnant women.

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

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

8. What is revealed about Jugga's father in this section?
(a) He is in prison.
(b) He was a police officer.
(c) He was murdered by dacoits.
(d) He was a dacoit.

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

10. What indicates to those on the train that Iqbal is educated?
(a) He is sitting in first class.
(b) He can speak.
(c) He is dressed well.
(d) He can read.

11. What does Meet Singh claim Jugga is accused of?
(a) Killing the money lender.
(b) Robbing the bank.
(c) Fleeing the country.
(d) Killing his lover.

12. What does the Subinspector believe is the ultimate tool for extracting information?
(a) Threats.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Physical pain.
(d) Silence.

13. What images does Hukum Chand see at the beginning of Chapter two, section two?
(a) Images of his wife.
(b) Images of soldiers.
(c) Images of his daughter.
(d) Images of the dead bodies on the train.

14. What does Chand tell the Subinspector to do with Malli's gang?
(a) Shoot them.
(b) Arrest them.
(c) Publicly hang them.
(d) Let them go.

15. Who does the mullah claim even white men respect?
(a) A man of religion.
(b) The government.
(c) The educated.
(d) A man of no faith.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do the men of the village go in times of importance in the village?

3. Where does Meet Singh arrange for Iqbal to sleep?

4. What does Iqbal refuse to do that causes an outburst from one of the officers?

5. What does the word Monsoon really signify?

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