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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 was the house originally built for?
(a) The major.
(b) The local priest.
(c) The engineer in charge of building the bridge.
(d) The colonel.

2. From where do the villagers watch the action at the station?
(a) From the platform.
(b) From the river.
(c) From their roofs.
(d) From the woods.

3. What happens in the night at the station that turns the sky orange?
(a) The soldier begin shooting people.
(b) The soldiers turn on generators.
(c) A fire is lit.
(d) The trains leave.

4. Why does Meet Singh believe Europeans have no morals?
(a) They care little for religion.
(b) They are not Muslim.
(c) They are not Sikh.
(d) They care little for foreign policy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was created in the summer of 1947?

2. What does Lala refuse to hand over?

3. What is Chand doing to the girl when they hear a shot?

4. What does Chand do with the young prostitute in the middle of Chapter two, section two?

5. What does Chand tell the Subinspector to do with Malli's gang?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Describe Imam Baksh's belief of how a religious man is seen. and why.

4. Why do some of the villagers agree to attack the train?

5. Describe the atmosphere in India as explained in the first section of the book.

6. How does Malli and his gang come into possession of the evacuated Muslim's property?

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

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

9. What does Imam imply when he comments on the 'incidents' with trains?

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

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