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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the villagers find in the river in the morning?
(a) Dead Sikhs.
(b) Dead Christians.
(c) Dead Hindus.
(d) Dead Muslims.

2. What does Jugga do to Malli?
(a) Shoots him.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Beats his head against the bars.
(d) Stabs him.

3. What does Chand first tell the Subinspector to do?
(a) Let everyone kill.
(b) Deny any responsibility.
(c) Resign.
(d) Save everyone.

4. Who does Jugga reveal is the only one in the village able to read?
(a) Imam Baksh.
(b) Iqbal Singh.
(c) Meet Singh.
(d) Jugga himself.

5. What does Jugga and the group see in villages on the road?
(a) They are burned to the ground.
(b) They are crowded with refugees.
(c) They are deserted.
(d) They are flooded.

6. What does the little boy report about the river?
(a) It is rising.
(b) It is lowering.
(c) It is dried up.
(d) It is red with blood.

7. What is in the train that arrives at the station in this section?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Mail.
(c) Goods.
(d) Dead bodies.

8. What does Jugga try to convince Iqbal to teach him?
(a) Politics.
(b) How to steal.
(c) English.
(d) How to shoot a gun.

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

10. What does Nooran tell Jugga's mother?
(a) She despises Jugga.
(b) She wishes to marry Jugga.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is dying.

11. What does Iqbal plan to do when he returns to Delhi?
(a) Return home.
(b) Report his arrest and have the Subinspector fired.
(c) Report his arrest and become a hero.
(d) Report his arrest and find justice.

12. Who comes to the village late at night?
(a) A group of Muslim rebels.
(b) A group of Christian missionaries.
(c) A group of Hindu rebels.
(d) A group of young Sikh rebels.

13. Why can the Muslim convoy not take their belongings?
(a) They are traveling by boat.
(b) They are traveling by train.
(c) They are traveling by plane.
(d) They are traveling by road.

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

15. What does Prem Singh do at the hotel?
(a) Killed a Muslim.
(b) Had an affair.
(c) Stole the jewelry of dignitaries.
(d) Drinks heavily.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the head Constable's visit do to the citizens of Mano Majra?

2. What happens to the train at the end of the novel?

3. What does Chand fear Jugga will do at the beginning of the section?

4. What does the Subinspector note to Iqbal and Jugga at the beginning of this section?

5. What does Malli taunt Jugga with?

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