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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Chand tell the Subinspector his principle should be?
(a) To say everything and do nothing.
(b) To see everything and say nothing.
(c) To say everything and see nothing.
(d) To do everything and see nothing.

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

4. 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.

5. What are dacoits?
(a) Professional farmers.
(b) Professional killers.
(c) Professional detectives.
(d) Professional robbers.

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

7. Who does Jugga blame for his misbehavior?
(a) His mother.
(b) Himself.
(c) The police.
(d) His father.

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

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

10. What happens to Iqbal the morning following his conversations with the lambardar and mallah?
(a) He is killed.
(b) He is evacuated.
(c) He is robbed.
(d) He is arrested.

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

12. What wakes Chand, following the discussion of the monsoon?
(a) Voices.
(b) Thunder.
(c) Gunfire.
(d) Lightening.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do those placing matrimonial ads ask for?

2. Why are the police uneasy about their prisoners?

3. Who have started crowding on all trains?

4. How did the Sikhs respond to the killing of their people by the Muslims?

5. Why does the Subinspector believe Mano Majra is still at peace, in spite of the newly arrived refugees?

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