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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. why do Gibreel and Rosa go into the village to buy a cake and champagne?
(a) For her eighty-ninth birthday
(b) For New Year's Eve
(c) For a celebration of Gibreel's survival
(d) For guests coming to dinner

2. Where is Gibreel planning to go in London?
(a) To find Saladin
(b) To Buchingham Palace
(c) To Trafalgar Square
(d) To see Allie

3. What follows the repudiation of the goddesses?
(a) Hind forgives him and takes him to her bed.
(b) Hamza is arrested and stoned to death.
(c) A blood bath that kills all of Mahound's followers
(d) A policy of persecution against Mahound's followers

4. Angry at Saeed, Ayesha says that those who listen to the devil's verses will go to the devil. What does Mirza Saeed answer?
(a) At least with the devil, you're dry.
(b) How do we know you're not the devil?
(c) Those who live by the sword will die by the sword.
(d) It is a choice between the devil and the deep blue sea.

5. What conclusion do the miners reach when the great flood comes?
(a) That the butterflies had turned into rain
(b) That God had taken the side of Aeysha
(c) That Aeysha was a powerful magician
(d) That they must double their opposition to Aeysha

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Saladin holding up when he appears in Rosa's hallway?

2. What cliche does Abu Simbel believe is not true?

3. What does Jumpy Joshi think Chamcha, now transformed with horns and goat feet, needs to begin changing back into a man?

4. Who does Saladin think the old woman with the cane is?

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

(see the answer key)

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