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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Seeing the image, what does Gibreel want to know from Saladin?
(a) If he is seeing anything at all
(b) If he can hear the conversation
(c) If he can see it also
(d) If he can help him get rid of it

3. How does Gibreel finally manage to pin Mahound down in the wrestling match?
(a) Mahound gets sleepy.
(b) Gibreel strikes Mahound blind.
(c) The afreet come and help him.
(d) It is what Mahound wants.

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

5. What news does the Archangel give Aeysha about her friend Mishal?
(a) That she will have children by another man after Mirza dies
(b) That she is dying with cancer
(c) That she has been chosen by Saladin
(d) That she will have triplets

6. Who does Gibreel see on his way down to earth?
(a) God looking down from Heaven
(b) His step mother on a broomstick
(c) Allileua Cone in a balloon
(d) Rekha Merchant on a flying carpet

7. What occupation do Gibreel and Chamcha have in common?
(a) They are actors.
(b) The are writers.
(c) They are accountants.
(d) They are religious clerics.

8. What is Khalid's explanation for the Satanic verses?
(a) That Mahound was forced to say good things about Lat.
(b) That Mahound was testing their loyalty.
(c) That Mahound had brought the devil so they could recongize him.
(d) That Mahound was under the influence of Hind's drugs.

9. What has Rekha forgotten now that she is dead?
(a) Who Gibreel is
(b) How to forgive
(c) How she died
(d) What her name was

10. What does Chamcha order Gibreel to do?
(a) Hold his hand
(b) Dive to his death
(c) Fly and sing
(d) Shut up and pray

11. What happens when he finally calls Pamela to let her know he's alive?
(a) Pamela hangs up on him.
(b) The phone has been disconnected.
(c) A man answers.
(d) She faints.

12. How does Osman explain to the villager that Aeysha disappeared without his seeing where she went.
(a) He says she sent him on an errand and was gone when he returned.
(b) He says she gave him something to make him sleep.
(c) He says a wind blew dust in his eyes.
(d) He says she left in the middle of the night.

13. After the phone call, who arrives at Rosa's house?
(a) The police come to arrest Saladin.
(b) The mayor of London comes to see Gibreel.
(c) The airline representative comes to interview Rosa.
(d) The TV stations send out their camera crews.

14. What does Mishal tell her husband about the girl?
(a) That she has relatives in the village
(b) That she has six fingers on one hand
(c) That her name is Aeysha
(d) That she comes from Mecca

15. What happens between Rosa and Gibreel in a dream?
(a) They make love.
(b) They are transported to Argentina.
(c) They drift above the clouds.
(d) They ride horses on the beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What blasphemous thing does Mirza say to Aeysha?

2. To what does Rushdie compare the explosion of the jet?

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

4. Why does Hamza insist that Mahound return to the mountain?

5. How does Osman make his living?

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