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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the only Hindu in Mano Majra?
(a) Lala Ram Lal.
(b) Iqbal Singh.
(c) Jugga Singh.
(d) Nooran Baksh.

2. What does Iqbal believe is the reason that he and Jugga are treated differently?
(a) He is not a troublemaker.
(b) He is English.
(c) The caste system.
(d) He is more attractive.

3. Who guards the trucks at the station?
(a) Muslim soldiers.
(b) Sikh soldiers.
(c) Missionaries.
(d) Hindu soldiers.

4. What is revealed about Jugga's father in this section?
(a) He is in prison.
(b) He was murdered by dacoits.
(c) He was a dacoit.
(d) He was a police officer.

5. Who is treated badly by Sardar Sahib?
(a) Iqbal Singh.
(b) Jugga Singh.
(c) Imam Baksh.
(d) The lambardar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the stranger who enters Mana Majra?

2. What happens to the soldiers that kill Sikhs in Jugga's story?

3. In what year does the story take place?

4. What does Jugga not hear the catcalling of the men?

5. Who is the headman of the village?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what the villagers find at the river with the lambardar.

2. Tell the story Jugga recites on the way to the police station.

3. Describe the scene between Jugga and Malli at the end of Chapter 2, section 3.

4. Describe Jugga, in terms of how others see him, and how he sees himself.

5. Describe how the bodies from the ghost train in Chapter 4 are handled.

6. Explain why Iqbal is angry that the police are arresting him in Chapter 1, section 4, and what he believes they are arresting him for.

7. Explain why Chand tells the Subinspector that getting involved where there are bullets does not make sense.

8. Describe the scene between Nooran and Jugga's mother.

9. Explain how the Sikh officer determined the number of refugees killed on the ghost train.

10. Describe Nooran, as the dacoits describe her.

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