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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Hamza's objection to accepting Lat, Uzza, and Manat as equal with Allah?
(a) They require human sacrifice.
(b) They are all females.
(c) They are only statues.
(d) They have funny names.

4. What does Bilal, an American convert, do for the Imam?
(a) He sings the Imam's songs on his radio broadcast.
(b) He writes satires for the Imam.
(c) He guards the Imam's door.
(d) He provides water for the Imam.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the phone call, who arrives at Rosa's house?

2. What is Saladin Chamcha's reaction to waking up on the beach?

3. What is under Saladin's bowler hat?

4. After the fall, what happens to Saladin's breath?

5. What fills the zamindar, Mirza Saeed Akhtar, with lust as he stands on the veranda of his house?

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