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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What difficulty does Gibreel have in getting out of Rosa's house?
(a) His legs are unsteady.
(b) He cannot unlock the door.
(c) Rosa wakes up and holds onto him.
(d) He trips on the stairs.

2. When Mahound's Aeysha becomes jealous of his dalliances, what does he do?
(a) He goes into a trance and quotes the Archangel giving him orders to have many women.
(b) He tells her the lies whe wants to hear.
(c) He makes her walk naked through the city.
(d) He threatens to have her sent to work at The Curtain.

3. why do Gibreel and Rosa go into the village to buy a cake and champagne?
(a) For guests coming to dinner
(b) For a celebration of Gibreel's survival
(c) For New Year's Eve
(d) For her eighty-ninth birthday

4. Why does Rosa Diamond rush for her hat, cloak, and stick?
(a) She is going grocery shopping.
(b) She is about to do a witch's brew.
(c) She fears she needs to get out of her house.
(d) She is hurrying to go see who fell from the sky.

5. What does Abu Simbel want from Mahound?
(a) That Allah recognize Lat, Uzza, and Manat as gods
(b) That Mahound will leave Jahilia and teach somewhere else
(c) That Mahound will recant his beliefs
(d) That Mahound will bring his angel to the city

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Rekha forgotten now that she is dead?

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

3. What assurance does Jumpy need to go into Pamela's bedroom?

4. Although Sufyan and Hind now live in a four-storey terraced house, what does she long for?

5. Who is the previous untouchable who guards Aeysha's hut?

(see the answer key)

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