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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Chand consider stupid?
(a) Not being honest.
(b) Being honest.
(c) Saying something straight.
(d) Not saying something straight.

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

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

5. What is used this time, instead of wood and kerosene?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Vehicles.
(c) A bulldozer.
(d) The river.

6. Who does Iqbal share his cell with for the first week?
(a) Malli.
(b) Jugga.
(c) No one.
(d) Sahib.

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

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

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

10. What religion does Iqbal finally claim in this chapter?
(a) Hindu.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Sikh.
(d) Muslim.

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

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

13. Why does the Subinspector not warn the camp commander of the planned attack?
(a) The camp commander will not listen.
(b) If they do not leave, all will be killed.
(c) The camp commander is dead.
(d) He is afraid of retribution.

14. How many individuals were killed in Chundunnegger?
(a) Five.
(b) None.
(c) Five hundred.
(d) One hundred.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Jugga's immediate concern?

3. Why do the Sikhs of the town decide the Muslims must be evacuated?

4. What does Meet Singh do for Jugga?

5. Who offers to care for the Muslim's belongings?

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