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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bilal, an American convert, do for the Imam?
(a) He sings the Imam's songs on his radio broadcast.
(b) He guards the Imam's door.
(c) He writes satires for the Imam.
(d) He provides water for the Imam.

2. What is Saladin's explanation for their survival?
(a) That they were lucky
(b) That it is all a dream
(c) That God was with them
(d) That it was nothing out of the ordinary

3. What fills the zamindar, Mirza Saeed Akhtar, with lust as he stands on the veranda of his house?
(a) A girl who is eating on his lawn and attracting the chameleon butterflies
(b) The Empress Hind doing a sensual dance
(c) The ghost of Rekha dancing on his lawn
(d) His wife, Mishal, taking her morning bath in the fountain

4. Although Sufyan and Hind now live in a four-storey terraced house, what does she long for?
(a) A cottage in Ireland.
(b) The village life in Bangladesh.
(c) The humble teacher's flat in Dhaka.
(d) A smaller house, easier to keep clean.

5. After the phone call, who arrives at Rosa's house?
(a) The TV stations send out their camera crews.
(b) The mayor of London comes to see Gibreel.
(c) The police come to arrest Saladin.
(d) The airline representative comes to interview Rosa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Archangel Gibreel after all the followers of Mahound leave the city?

2. What does the specter of Dr. Babington say as he fades into the moonlight?

3. What does Gibreel feel is holding him at Rosa's house?

4. What does Alicja Cone say to Allie about Gibreel?

5. What activity is occupying Pamela's time?

(see the answer key)

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