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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT a sign Shaybah was told to look for?
(a) Hearing birds.
(b) Seeing dung.
(c) Seeing blood.
(d) Seeing water.

2. What did Shaybah's visions tell him to do?
(a) Announce the coming of a Prophet.
(b) Look for the well that sprang up for Hagar.
(c) Pray in the desert.
(d) Travel to Medina.

3. Who was Muhammad?
(a) The founder of Islam.
(b) The founder of Hinduism.
(c) The founder of Judaism.
(d) The founder of Sikhism.

4. What did Gabriel reproach Muhammad for not saying in Chapter 26?
(a) "God is great."
(b) "If God will."
(c) "In service of God."
(d) "God be with you."

5. How did the people of the Quraysh normally respond to new religions?
(a) With interest.
(b) With tolerance.
(c) With aggression.
(d) With suspicion.

6. What were many of the early followers of Muhammad?
(a) Criminals.
(b) Traders.
(c) Poor.
(d) Slaves.

7. What did the Quraysh debate about at almost every gathering?
(a) Destroying Mecca's holy sites.
(b) Taking the tribe to another area.
(c) Raising an army.
(d) What to do with Muhammad.

8. What did many Arabs dislike about Muhammad?
(a) His power.
(b) His army.
(c) His family.
(d) His message.

9. Who did Hashim ask to marry him in Chapter 3?
(a) A woman from the oasis at Ta'if.
(b) A woman from the oasis at Mount Hira.
(c) A woman from the oasis at Yathrib.
(d) A woman from the oasis at Medina.

10. What was the name of Hashim's brother?
(a) Abdullah.
(b) Abu Talib.
(c) Muttalib.
(d) Abraha.

11. How old was A'ishah when her marriage to Muhammad took place?
(a) Six years old.
(b) Nine years old.
(c) Fifteen years old.
(d) Twelve years old.

12. What did Shaybah dig with when he thought he had found the site of the well?
(a) A shovel.
(b) A coconut shell.
(c) An axe.
(d) His hands.

13. Who did Muhammad first marry?
(a) Sawda.
(b) Ramlah.
(c) Maria.
(d) Khadijah.

14. Where did God guide Hagar and her son?
(a) The city of Medina.
(b) A valley called Becca.
(c) The Jordan River.
(d) A mountain called Moriah.

15. The Ka'bah was rebuilt with higher walls so that what could be kept inside?
(a) The sacred tree.
(b) The Black Stone.
(c) Zimzam.
(d) The holy texts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the location where the well sprang up later called?

2. What did the people who did not believe think God should do in order to send his messages?

3. Where did Muhammad go and fall asleep in Chapter 32?

4. In Chapter 34, how many men from around Yathrib were said to have converted to Islam?

5. What did the document that the Quarysh created in Chapter 29 ban?

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