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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the Sikhs of the town decide the Muslims must be evacuated?
(a) To save them from the refugees, who may do something.
(b) To save them from the villagers, who may do something.
(c) To save them from the soldiers, who may do something.
(d) To save them from Malli and his gang, who may do something.

2. What does Iqbal claim Indians always have on their minds?
(a) Sex.
(b) Business.
(c) Money.
(d) Drugs.

3. Where does the lambardar go at the end of this section?
(a) The railway station.
(b) The police station.
(c) The river.
(d) The bridge.

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

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

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

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

8. Why wasn't Malli put into Jugga's cell?
(a) Malli was not arrested.
(b) He would have been killed.
(c) Iqbal was already sharing a cell with Jugga.
(d) There was not enough room.

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

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

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

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

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

14. What do Malli and his men do to the houses of Muslims?
(a) Pillage them.
(b) Burn them down.
(c) Move into them.
(d) Paint them.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the Subinspector tell the police to inquire about in the village?

3. What does Chand believe Iqbal to be?

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

5. What does Iqbal ask Meet Singh to do?

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