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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hind taunt Mahound?
(a) She says he is acting out of craftiness.
(b) She calls Lat, Uzza, and Manat his new angels.
(c) She tells him he is a poor lover.
(d) She says he can kill the Grandee and be her husband.

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

3. Who willed the rescue and who made it happen?
(a) Farishta willed ti and Chamcha made it happen.
(b) Farishta willed it and also made it happen.
(c) Chamcha willed it and Farishta made it happen.
(d) God willed it and an angel made it happen.

4. Who tells Abu Simbel that a poet's work is to shape the world?
(a) Mahound
(b) Baal
(c) Hind
(d) Jahilia

5. What occurs in Gibreel's dream as Mahound returns to the mountain?
(a) He talks to God who tells him what to say.
(b) Mahound tries to kill him.
(c) He changes Mahound into a donkey.
(d) He and Mahound are wrestling naked.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the jumbo jet that explodes?

2. What does Gibreel call Chamcha?

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

4. How does Hind say he got there?

5. What does Gibreel say when he wakes up?

(see the answer key)

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