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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. What does Chand associate his guilt over the girl to?
(a) His hangover.
(b) The events the night before.
(c) His morality.
(d) His loyalty to his wife.

2. Where does the stranger go when he enters town?
(a) Jugga's home.
(b) The Sikh temple.
(c) The mosque.
(d) The station house.

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

4. What does Iqbal believe the country should focus on instead of industry and agriculture?
(a) Stopping crime.
(b) Halting the exploding population.
(c) Stopping immigration.
(d) Halting emigration.

5. What is the Sutlej?
(a) The capital of India.
(b) The smallest river in the Punjab.
(c) The largest river in the Punjab.
(d) The capital of Pakistan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the young girl who comes to the rest house with the old woman do?

2. What is revealed about Jugga's father in this section?

3. What religion is Haseena?

4. How did the Sikhs respond to the killing of their people by the Muslims?

5. What does the young man at the meeting suggest might be in the train that is stopped at the station?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Iqbal's view of Indians, in terms of sexuality.

2. Describe the opinions of the lambardar and Imam Baksh, the mullah, in terms of freedom.

3. Explain why the police let Malli and his gang go free, why they claimed Iqbal was a Muslim, and why they sought to convey an idea that Sultana may have been to blame for the murder?

4. Explain Chand's view of how people should spend their conscious time and effort.

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

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

7. Describe the afternoon of the ghost train, as experienced by the villagers.

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

9. Explain why Jugga says he would not have killed Ram Lal.

10. Explain why Chand now believes Iqbal is a Sikh.

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