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

2. What do those placing matrimonial ads ask for?
(a) To correspond with horoscopes.
(b) Dowry.
(c) To correspond with the father of the prospective bride.
(d) Pictures.

3. In what year does the story take place?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1750.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Subinspector believe is the ultimate tool for extracting information?

2. What does the young girl think the shot is?

3. Why does the Subinspector tell Iqbal he should go to Pakistan where he belongs?

4. What do the villagers smell at the end of this section?

5. Why does Chand believe the Hindu women jumped into wells when faced with rape?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the summer monsoon.

2. Describe the town of Mano Majra at the beginning of the book.

3. Describe Nooran, as the dacoits describe her.

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

5. Explain how Imam Baksh became the mullah of the mosque.

6. Describe Iqbal, the stranger who comes to Mana Majra.

7. Explain the situation between Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs, as discussed by Chand and the Subinspector in Chapter 1, section 2.

8. 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.

9. Describe the events at the rest house, by season, as experienced by the officers.

10. In section 2 of Chapter 4, what does Chand tell the Subinspector to do, in terms of the planned massacre of the refugees on the train?

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