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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chamcha do in his apartment?
(a) Kill Pamela.
(b) Watch TV.
(c) Break up the furniture.
(d) Make phone calls.

2. What is Mirza's doubt about sending Mishal back to the purdah?
(a) That Misahl would take up with another man and kill him
(b) That Mishal might get bored and leave
(c) That his mother-in-law would not approve of his modesty
(d) That he might be planning to seduce the girl Aeysha

3. What spiteful thing does Saladin begin doing to Gibreel and Allie?
(a) Putting false insormation about them in the newspapers.
(b) Making anonymous calls suggesting that Allie is having an affair.
(c) Letting the air out of their tires.
(d) Calling during the night but not saying anything.

4. What happens to the butterflies?
(a) They form a circle around the pilgrims.
(b) They turn black.
(c) They suddenly vanish.
(d) They stop changing colors.

5. What verses does Mahound receive in meeting with Gibreel?
(a) Verses to answer Baal's satires
(b) The Archangel Verses direct from Allah
(c) The verses condemning Abu Simbel and hind
(d) The Satanic verses, accepting Lat, Uzza, and Manat

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Srinivas, the toy merchant, see coming toward him?

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

3. What does Chamcha order Gibreel to do?

4. After the girls of The Curtain are jailed, what makes the men afraid?

5. What does Anahita call her parents' native land?

(see the answer key)

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