Cracking India Quizzes

Cracking India Quiz

By K. Sharpe · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed February 14, 2021

1 Which is NOT a religious group mentioned in the novel?

Hindus

Buddhists

Parsis

Muslims
2 Lenny has which disease?

Polio

Syphilis

ADHD

Tuberculosis
3 In which city does Cracking India mostly take place?

Amritsar

Pakistan

Kabul

Lahore
4 Which of the following does Ice-candy-man NOT sell?

Birds

Popsicles

Fertility pills

Knives
5 Which poet is quoted throughout the novel?

Muhammad Iqbal

Faiz Ahmad Faiz

Mustafa Zaidi

Ghalib
6 What is the word that Lenny uses to describe the way people of different religious groups begin seeing each other?

Tokens

Coins

Stereotypes

Themselves
7 Rosy and Peter are

half Indian and half American

British

Parsi

Anglo-Indian
8 At what point in the novel does Ice-candy-man start to become violent?

After he moves to the brothel

After he sees the train filled with murdered Muslims

When he first meets Ayah

When he helps Sher Singh get rid of his tenants
9 What is Mr. Rogers' job?

Hotel Proprietor

Viceroy

Chief Inspector of Police

Teacher
10 Who are the Akalis?

A Pakistani independence movement

Part of the All-India Muslim League

A Hindu political party

An armed order of Sikhs
11 Which suitor does Ayah like best?

Masseur

Sharbat Khan

Ice-candy-man

The hotel cook
12 Which of the following is NOT one of Lenny's nightmares?

Lion

Nazis

Crucified children

Angry mobs
13 What is Imam Din, the "Catcher-in-the-kitchen," famous for catching?

Hens

Cats

Children

All of the above
14 Why does Lenny partly like being sick?

She dislikes herself

She does not want to go to school

She is lazy

She likes feeling different
15 What does the black box that Adi and Lenny discover contain?

A jewel

Petrol

A flamethrower

A gun
16 "Shining like amber between his bushy lashes" is an example of

Metonymy

Personification

Prosody

Simile
17 When Lenny screams “Ayah! Ayah! Ayah! Ayah!” who screams back "Hai! Hai! Hai!"

The women at the rescued women camp

The prostitutes in the red-light district

Hamida

Ayah
18 In which province is Lahore located?

Kashmir

Kerala

Bengal

Punjab
19 What is one of the visible differences between Sikhs and Muslims?

Muslims keep their hair long and Sikhs smoke tobacco

Sikhs are traders and Muslims are farmer

Sikhs keep their hair long and Muslims smoke tobacco

Sikhs are farmers and Muslims are traders
20 Who were the rulers of India before the British?

the French

the Mughals

the Parsis

the Hindus
21 What does Ice-candy-man do at the end of the book?

Get married

Kill himself

Return to Pakistan

Follow Ayah into India
22 “It surprises me how easily ___ has accepted his loss; and adjusted to his new environment. So...one gets used to everything." Who is Lenny talking about here?

Ice-candy-man

Imam Din

Ranna

Masseur
23 Masseur is the most peaceful character in the story and is someone who uses his hands to heal and give pleasure. His gruesome death is an example of:

Imagery

Cruelty

Metonymy

Situational irony
24 Why does Lenny curse her tongue?

It kissed Cousin

It tells the truth

It deceives her mother

It is infected with polio
25 Who do Lenny and Adi think are lighting the fires in Lahore?

Ice-candy-man

Father

Sharbat Khan

Mother

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