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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is odd about the song Gibreel begins to sing?
(a) It is a language and a tune he does not know.
(b) It is a song about India as a lost continent.
(c) It echoes back into his mouth.
(d) It is a child's nursery rhyme.

2. What happens when he finally calls Pamela to let her know he's alive?
(a) She faints.
(b) The phone has been disconnected.
(c) A man answers.
(d) Pamela hangs up on him.

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

4. What is the flight number that blows up with Gibreel and Chamcha aboard?
(a) AA 135
(b) PanAm 108
(c) AI-420
(d) AI1-440

5. What is beside Gibreel's ear when he wakes up on the beach?
(a) A piece of the plane
(b) A starfish
(c) An octopus
(d) Chamcha's shoe

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Saladin's explanation for their survival?

2. What is Gibreel doing that slows down their descent?

3. What proof do the police offer that Saladin is the man they are looking for?

4. Where are they as they are falling?

5. What is Hamza's objection to accepting Lat, Uzza, and Manat as equal with Allah?

(see the answer key)

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