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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Sundari on the road?
(a) She is stabbed.
(b) She is raped.
(c) She is run over.
(d) She is shot.

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

3. What does Chand fear Iqbal will do at the beginning of the section?
(a) Nothing but criticize others.
(b) Kill Malli.
(c) Kill Chand.
(d) Halt the murders.

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

5. What does the Subinspector rush to the station to prevent the head Constable from doing?
(a) Making an entry about Jugga's arrest.
(b) Making an entry about Malli's arrest.
(c) Making an entry about Iqbal's arrest.
(d) Making an entry about the burning of the bodies.

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

7. Why does Malli feel he cannot make peace with Jugga?
(a) Jugga hates Malli.
(b) Jugga cannot be trusted.
(c) Jugga has insulted him.
(d) Jugga is cruel.

8. What does Chand believe Iqbal to be?
(a) A Hindu.
(b) A missionary.
(c) A Sikh.
(d) A Muslim.

9. What does Meet Singh try to explain to police?
(a) That Iqbal is a Hindu.
(b) That Iqbal is a Catholic.
(c) That Iqbal is a Sikh.
(d) That Iqbal is a Muslim.

10. What happens to the train at the end of the novel?
(a) It stops, and all are killed.
(b) It derails.
(c) It moves on the Pakistan.
(d) It bursts into flame.

11. What does Jugga's mother promise Nooran?
(a) She will send her money.
(b) Jugga will come get her when he can.
(c) She will kill Jugga.
(d) She will keep her safe.

12. What does Jugga try to do with the object above the rail line?
(a) Shoot it.
(b) Retie it.
(c) Sit on it.
(d) Cut it.

13. How many villagers volunteer?
(a) Less than ten.
(b) More than fifty.
(c) Over a hundred.
(d) None.

14. What are the police to do with Malli and his men?
(a) Take them to Pakistan.
(b) Take them to Mano Majra.
(c) Execute them.
(d) Imprison them.

15. What is the group going to do with the rope?
(a) Hang Muslims.
(b) String it over the tracks to kill those on the roof of the train.
(c) Derail the train.
(d) Hang Sikhs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is placed above the railway line?

2. Who comes to the village late at night?

3. What does Jugga do to Malli?

4. Where does the lambardar go at the end of this section?

5. What does Prem Singh do at the hotel?

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