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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the police come for Saladin?
(a) They are looking for the devil and think Saladin might be him.
(b) Someone had reported a strange looking man on the beach.
(c) The airline wanted to interrogate him about the explosion.
(d) Gibreel had called them to come get him.

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

3. What do Rosa and Gibreel see running down the beach at night?
(a) An ostrich
(b) Horses
(c) Saladin
(d) A bull

4. What does Gibreel feel is holding him at Rosa's house?
(a) Her pitiful condition.
(b) Her black magic.
(c) Her strong personality.
(d) Her stories.

5. What does Aeysha believe will happen on the way to Mecca?
(a) Mirza Saeed, the zamindar, will be converted.
(b) Gibreel will give them food from heaven.
(c) The waters of the Red Sea will part and they can walk across.
(d) The Archangel Gibreel will lead them all the way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Gibreel begin speaking after pinning Mahound down?

2. What happens between Rosa and Gibreel in a dream?

3. Where does Rosa tell Gibreel she went as a young bride?

4. Who tells Abu Simbel that a poet's work is to shape the world?

5. How does Osman make his living?

(see the answer key)

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