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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Gibreel's breath after he falls to earth?
(a) It ceases to smell bad.
(b) It begins to smell like lilacs.
(c) It gets worse than before.
(d) It is knocked out of him.

2. 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 child's nursery rhyme.
(c) It is a song about India as a lost continent.
(d) It echoes back into his mouth.

3. What verses does Mahound receive in meeting with Gibreel?
(a) The verses condemning Abu Simbel and hind
(b) The Satanic verses, accepting Lat, Uzza, and Manat
(c) The Archangel Verses direct from Allah
(d) Verses to answer Baal's satires

4. What is the question about the type of song Gibreel sang?
(a) Was it satanic or angelic?
(b) Was it real or imagined?
(c) Was it in English or Hindi?
(d) Was it old or new?

5. What has Rekha forgotten now that she is dead?
(a) Who Gibreel is
(b) How to forgive
(c) How she died
(d) What her name was

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the flight number that blows up with Gibreel and Chamcha aboard?

2. What does the Grandee, Abu Simbel, want from the satirist Baal?

3. Why is Saladin covered with a thin sheet of ice?

4. What does Chamcha order Gibreel to do?

5. What occupation do Gibreel and Chamcha have in common?

(see the answer key)

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