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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is unique about the train the locals call the ghost train, that reminds them of the old trains?
(a) No one is sitting on the roof.
(b) It is full of goods.
(c) It is on time.
(d) It is full of passengers.

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

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

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

8. What religion is Haseena?
(a) Sikh.
(b) Christian.
(c) Muslim.
(d) Hindu.

9. Who is the only Hindu in Mano Majra?
(a) Nooran Baksh.
(b) Lala Ram Lal.
(c) Jugga Singh.
(d) Iqbal Singh.

10. What value is placed above others in the Punjabi, according to Iqbal?
(a) Being true to one's fellow villager.
(b) Being true to ones self.
(c) Saving one's family.
(d) Being a person of moral value.

11. 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 have not been harassed.
(c) The refugees are Muslim.
(d) The refugees are Hindu.

12. What does the old woman claim of the young prostitute?
(a) She is well versed in sexual relations.
(b) She has a young child.
(c) She is young and inexperienced.
(d) She is over eighteen.

13. What does Iqbal refuse to do that causes an outburst from one of the officers?
(a) Cover his hands.
(b) Wash his feet.
(c) Wash his face.
(d) Cover his face.

14. What was created in the summer of 1947?
(a) The new state of Israel.
(b) The new state of Sikhs.
(c) The new state of Pakistan.
(d) The new state of India.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What party does Iqbal work for?

2. What does Iqbal note he should have done to begin his political career?

3. What is revealed about Jugga's father in this section?

4. What sounds interrupt the couple's love making?

5. Who does the mullah claim even white men respect?

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