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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Iqbal tell Meet Singh creates criminals?
(a) Immorality.
(b) Pain, suffering, and a lack of religion.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Hunger, want, and injustice.

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

4. What does Chand note the Subinspector and the village have not had, in terms of why they remain at peace?
(a) Convoys of dead people.
(b) Trains of refugees.
(c) A loss of supplies.
(d) Trains of diseased people.

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

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

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

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

9. Where do the men find Lala hiding?
(a) Inside the cellar.
(b) In the barn.
(c) In the shower.
(d) Under the bed.

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

11. Why does Iqbal claim the British left India?
(a) They were angry.
(b) They were afraid.
(c) They were lonely.
(d) They were no longer needed.

12. What term of endearment is used for Imam Baksh?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Father.
(d) Brother.

13. Why doesn't the lambardar tell the people what is happening?
(a) He himself does not know.
(b) He was sworn to secrecy.
(c) He doesn't wish to frighten the villagers.
(d) He is afraid.

14. Where do the women of the village go in times of importance in the village?
(a) The headman's house.
(b) The mosque.
(c) The temple.
(d) The river.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lala refuse to hand over?

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

3. What does Iqbal believe the country should focus on instead of industry and agriculture?

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

5. What makes the police officers believe they have made a mistake?

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