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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Mahound's followers worried after he goes to see the Grandee?
(a) He may fall into the clutches of Hind.
(b) He is gone a long time and has not returned.
(c) He may be planning to kill the Grandee.
(d) He is likely to compromise with the Grandee.

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

3. How does Hind say he got there?
(a) She found him unconscious in the street.
(b) She drugged him and brought him home.
(c) She had him arrested and brought to her.
(d) She seduced him with liquour.

4. What fills the zamindar, Mirza Saeed Akhtar, with lust as he stands on the veranda of his house?
(a) The ghost of Rekha dancing on his lawn
(b) A girl who is eating on his lawn and attracting the chameleon butterflies
(c) The Empress Hind doing a sensual dance
(d) His wife, Mishal, taking her morning bath in the fountain

5. Why does Rosa Diamond rush for her hat, cloak, and stick?
(a) She is hurrying to go see who fell from the sky.
(b) She fears she needs to get out of her house.
(c) She is going grocery shopping.
(d) She is about to do a witch's brew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Imam destroy clocks?

2. Why does Mishal spend so much time with Aeysha?

3. What does Mishal tell her husband about the girl?

4. What occurs in Gibreel's dream as Mahound returns to the mountain?

5. What does Gibreel call Chamcha?

(see the answer key)

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