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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 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 Archangel Gibreel will lead them all the way.
(d) The waters of the Red Sea will part and they can walk across.

2. What is Aeysha's affliction?
(a) She has epilepsy.
(b) She has leporsy.
(c) She has cancer.
(d) She is barren.

3. Who does Saladin think the old woman with the cane is?
(a) The Angel of Death
(b) Rekha
(c) Pamela
(d) The Archangel Gibreel

4. What is odd about the song Gibreel begins to sing?
(a) It is a child's nursery rhyme.
(b) It echoes back into his mouth.
(c) It is a language and a tune he does not know.
(d) It is a song about India as a lost continent.

5. Who thinks it is a miracle that they are alive?
(a) Gibreel
(b) An old woman
(c) The TV reporter
(d) Chamcha

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What difficulty does Gibreel have in getting out of Rosa's house?

3. How does Osman explain to the villager that Aeysha disappeared without his seeing where she went.

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

5. What news does the Archangel give Aeysha about her friend Mishal?

(see the answer key)

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