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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who have started crowding on all trains?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Dacoits.
(c) Criminals.
(d) Refugees.

3. What does Chand suggest they do with the Muslims?
(a) Force them to leave.
(b) Get them to leave peacefully.
(c) Kill them.
(d) Rob them.

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

5. What does Jugga not hear the catcalling of the men?
(a) He is sleeping.
(b) He is with his girlfriend.
(c) He is out of town.
(d) He is dead.

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

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

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

9. What does Chand associate his guilt over the girl to?
(a) His hangover.
(b) The events the night before.
(c) His loyalty to his wife.
(d) His morality.

10. What has happened to the trains since the partition of the country?
(a) They have been late.
(b) They have stopped coming.
(c) They have increased in number.
(d) They have been early.

11. What do Jugga's enemies bring for him?
(a) Earrings.
(b) Bangles.
(c) Swords.
(d) Shields.

12. Where had Chand heard the song the young woman sang the second time?
(a) His wife had sung it.
(b) His daughter had hummed it.
(c) His son had played it.
(d) He heard it on the radio.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lala refuse to hand over?

2. What indicates to those on the train that Iqbal is educated?

3. What value is placed above others in the Punjabi, according to Iqbal?

4. What happens in the night at the station that turns the sky orange?

5. What does Chand believe is the only absolute truth?

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