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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 arrives and puts up tents near the railway station?
(a) Sikh soldiers.
(b) Christian missionaries.
(c) Muslim soldiers.
(d) Hindu soldiers.

2. Why are the police uneasy about their prisoners?
(a) They believe both have political ties.
(b) They believe both are guilty.
(c) They believe both are innocent.
(d) They believe both are violent.

3. How many officers arrest Juggut Singh?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Ten.

4. What does Chand believe is the only absolute truth?
(a) Death.
(b) Ambition.
(c) Pride.
(d) Love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Chand spend his time in order to purge himself of the obsession?

2. Where do families sleep in the evenings during the summer?

3. What party does Iqbal work for?

4. Why doesn't the lambardar tell the people what is happening?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the morning routine of Mano Majra, in terms of the Muslim mosque and the Sikh temple.

2. Explain Iqbal's belief on the population of India, and on the money spent on agriculture and industry.

3. What is revealed about Jugga's physical appearance, and his father, in Chapter 1, section 2?

4. Explain Chand's obsession with death, and how he tried to overcome it.

5. Describe the attitude of the Sikh soldiers near the trucks.

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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