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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Gibreel doing as he falls through the air?
(a) Singing
(b) Laughing
(c) Trying to fly
(d) Screaming

3. How does Mahound see the Archangel Gibreel in the cave?
(a) As a half man, half horse
(b) As hovering over him, flapping his wings
(c) As standing in a fiery bush
(d) As being connected to him by a golden umbilical cord

4. What is beside Gibreel's ear when he wakes up on the beach?
(a) A piece of the plane
(b) A starfish
(c) An octopus
(d) Chamcha's shoe

5. What does ellowen deeowen stand for?
(a) LOW DONE
(b) EL LO DOWN
(c) HALLOWEEN
(d) LONDON

6. What is the name of the jumbo jet that explodes?
(a) Bambi
(b) Bostan
(c) Bombay
(d) Bastian

7. What mischievous thing is Gibreel doing in his dream?
(a) Throwing water on passing strangers
(b) Inviting untouchables to dinner
(c) Drawing graffiti on the walls
(d) Putting Muslim meat in Hindu tiffins

8. When the Imam summons Gibreel, the Archangel, where does he demand to be taken?
(a) Jahilia
(b) Germany
(c) Jerusalem
(d) Mecca

9. What claim does Aeysha make upon her return to Titlipur?
(a) That she had received a message from God
(b) That she is now the new prophet
(c) That the Angel Gibreel had lain down beside her
(d) That she has the power to work miracles

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

11. What does Inspector Lime refuse to admit he saw when he looked up at Gibreel?
(a) Three sets of arms
(b) An elephant head
(c) A halo
(d) Golden eyes

12. What blasphemous thing does Mirza say to Aeysha?
(a) Your Archangel is Shaitan.
(b) There is no God.
(c) God has no prophet.
(d) You are the mother of all liars.

13. Who willed the rescue and who made it happen?
(a) Farishta willed ti and Chamcha made it happen.
(b) Farishta willed it and also made it happen.
(c) Chamcha willed it and Farishta made it happen.
(d) God willed it and an angel made it happen.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Hind say he got there?

4. After the phone call, who arrives at Rosa's house?

5. What does Saladin dream about in Rosa's house?

(see the answer keys)

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