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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are they as they are falling?
(a) Over Paris, France
(b) Over Mecca
(c) Over the Indian Ocean
(d) Over the English Channel

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

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

4. 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.

5. What is the question about the type of song Gibreel sang?
(a) Was it satanic or angelic?
(b) Was it in English or Hindi?
(c) Was it old or new?
(d) Was it real or imagined?

6. What is under Saladin's bowler hat?
(a) A starfish
(b) His airplane ticket
(c) Gray hair
(d) Two lumps growing out his temples

7. What does the Grandee, Abu Simbel, want from the satirist Baal?
(a) To withdraw from the poetry contest
(b) Some satirical poetry making fun of Mahound
(c) A peom dedicated to the Grandee
(d) For him to stop visiting his wife, Hind

8. How does Osman make his living?
(a) As a clown
(b) As a water bearer
(c) As a poet
(d) As a soldier

9. What does Hamza do that causes Hind to set her mind on revenge?
(a) He rapes her.
(b) He kills two of her brothers.
(c) He destroys a statue to Lat.
(d) He sets fire to the temple of Uzza.

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

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

12. What cliche does Abu Simbel believe is not true?
(a) Love is neverhaving to say you're sorry
(b) A stitch in time saves nine
(c) The pen is mightier than the sword
(d) A penny saved is a penny earned

13. What does Gibreel call Chamcha?
(a) Chico
(b) Chacho
(c) Salado
(d) Spoono

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

15. Why does the Imam destroy clocks?
(a) They remind him of how long he has been in exile.
(b) Clocks are works of the Devil.
(c) He says God's time is timeless.
(d) The Empress Aeysha collects clocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rosa Diamond rush for her hat, cloak, and stick?

2. What claim does Aeysha make upon her return to Titlipur?

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

4. Why do the police come for Saladin?

5. In his dream, what is the new name his mother gives him?

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