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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What activity is occupying Pamela's time?
(a) Writing a novel about her experience with Chamcha.
(b) Holding seances to speak with the dea.
(c) Learning to climb mountains.
(d) Investigating allegations of witchcraft among the police.

2. Who throws a party on a giant sound stage at Shepperton Studios?
(a) Pamela Lovelace
(b) Eugene Dumsday
(c) S. S. Sisodia
(d) Gibreel Farishta

3. What mischievous thing is Gibreel doing in his dream?
(a) Throwing water on passing strangers
(b) Putting Muslim meat in Hindu tiffins
(c) Inviting untouchables to dinner
(d) Drawing graffiti on the walls

4. Where are Gibreel and Chamcha found?
(a) Sitting on a hill
(b) Walking to London
(c) Running down a lane
(d) Washed up on the shore

5. What proof do the police offer that Saladin is the man they are looking for?
(a) He has no proper identification.
(b) His eyes glow red.
(c) His lumps have grown into sharp horns.
(d) His breath smells of death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What verses does Mahound receive in meeting with Gibreel?

2. What offer does Mirza Saeed make Aeysha as the people turn against her?

3. How does Osman explain to the villager that Aeysha disappeared without his seeing where she went.

4. What do the Sufyan girls think might be going on with Chamcha?

5. Why does the Imam destroy clocks?

(see the answer key)

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