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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jugga go to see Meet Singh?
(a) He asks Iqbal's help to stop the murder.
(b) He asks for a place to sleep.
(c) He asks for a prayer.
(d) He asks for weapons.

2. What does Chand reveal about Haseena?
(a) She has been raped.
(b) She has died.
(c) She is on the refugee train.
(d) She is not on the refugee train.

3. What does Sunder Singh do to his family?
(a) Kills them.
(b) Saves their lives.
(c) Moves them to India.
(d) Moves them to Pakistan.

4. Why did the camp commander decide to evacuate by train immediately?
(a) They are safer escaping by night.
(b) They had no where to sleep.
(c) There was danger of an attack on the camp.
(d) They were out of food.

5. What does Chand demand the Subinspector do with Iqbal and Jugga?
(a) Kill them.
(b) Release them to Mano Majra.
(c) Put them on the refugee train.
(d) Keep them in jail.

6. What does Meet Singh do for Jugga?
(a) Reads a piece of the morning prayer.
(b) Gives him a place to sleep.
(c) Gives him a rifle.
(d) Reads the Guru's word.

7. What does Iqbal believe is the point of sacrifice?
(a) The end result.
(b) The karma.
(c) The fame.
(d) The purpose.

8. What does Meet Singh argue, in terms of why the Sikhs of the village should remain neutral?
(a) The Sikhs have done for them.
(b) The Muslims have done nothing to them.
(c) The Christians have done nothing to them.
(d) The Hindus have done nothing to them.

9. How does Iqbal choose to deal with his situation?
(a) He flees the country.
(b) He drinks himself to sleep.
(c) He prays.
(d) He chooses to stand up and fight.

10. When Jugga is brought into Iqbal's cell, what does he claim?
(a) He killed Malli.
(b) He killed the money lender.
(c) He did not kill Lal.
(d) He is to blame for the fires.

11. What does Malli taunt Jugga with?
(a) Threats of raping his lover.
(b) Knowledge of the murder of Lal.
(c) Knowledge of his mother's death.
(d) Knowledge of his affair with the weaver's daughter.

12. What does the releasing of Malli and his gang imply to the villagers?
(a) That the law is flawed.
(b) That they are innocent.
(c) That they are lying.
(d) That they are guilty.

13. Who offers to care for the Muslim's belongings?
(a) Iqbal.
(b) Meet Singh.
(c) Malli and his gang.
(d) Jugga and his gang.

14. What lights up the railroad tracks?
(a) Fire.
(b) Moonlight.
(c) Gunfire.
(d) Spotlights.

15. What does the Subinspector claim Iqbal is?
(a) A Muslim.
(b) A missionary.
(c) A Sikh.
(d) A Hindu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Sundari on the road?

2. How many villagers volunteer?

3. What does Jugga do to Malli?

4. Why does the lambardar refuse to look after the property of the Muslims?

5. What are the police to do with Malli and his men?

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