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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 Iqbal note he should have done to begin his political career?
(a) Ran for office.
(b) Gone to jail.
(c) Visited Britain.
(d) Voted.

2. What do the citizens of Mano Majra time their lives by?
(a) The time of day.
(b) The tides.
(c) The trains.
(d) The prayers of the Muslims.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Meet Singh claim Jugga is accused of?

3. What does the mullah of the mosque believe in terms of freedom?

4. Who comes to stay at the rest house in the beginning of Chapter 1, section 2?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Nooran, as the dacoits describe her.

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

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

4. Explain why Iqbal and Jugga are treated differently at the police station, according to Iqbal.

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

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

7. What plan does the young man in the temple develop to attack the train?

8. Explain why Meet Singh is more concerned that Jugga killed a local than he is that Jugga committed murder.

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

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

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