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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. Why has Mano Majra become important in bureaucratic circles?
(a) The railroad.
(b) The officer's rest house nearby.
(c) The church in the middle of the city.
(d) The military presence in town.

2. What was created in the summer of 1947?
(a) The new state of Sikhs.
(b) The new state of Pakistan.
(c) The new state of Israel.
(d) The new state of India.

3. What is unique about the train the locals call the ghost train, that reminds them of the old trains?
(a) It is full of goods.
(b) No one is sitting on the roof.
(c) It is on time.
(d) It is full of passengers.

4. Who guards the trucks at the station?
(a) Muslim soldiers.
(b) Hindu soldiers.
(c) Missionaries.
(d) Sikh soldiers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Iqbal believe the country should focus on instead of industry and agriculture?

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

3. Why does the lambardar record the names of those who bring the goods to the trucks?

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

5. What do local police consider Jugga?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Chand tell the Subinspector to do in terms of Malli and his gang, in Chapter 2, section 3?

3. 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?

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

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

6. Describe how the villagers learn of what was in the train.

7. Describe the summer monsoon.

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

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

10. Describe Chand's nightmare the night after the day with the ghost train.

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