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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fills the zamindar, Mirza Saeed Akhtar, with lust as he stands on the veranda of his house?
(a) The ghost of Rekha dancing on his lawn
(b) His wife, Mishal, taking her morning bath in the fountain
(c) A girl who is eating on his lawn and attracting the chameleon butterflies
(d) The Empress Hind doing a sensual dance

2. What does Gibreel feel is holding him at Rosa's house?
(a) Her stories.
(b) Her black magic.
(c) Her strong personality.
(d) Her pitiful condition.

3. Why is Saladin covered with a thin sheet of ice?
(a) He landed in the water.
(b) He is perspiring.
(c) He broke the ice.
(d) He is crying.

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

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

6. What proof do the police offer that Saladin is the man they are looking for?
(a) He has no proper identification.
(b) His lumps have grown into sharp horns.
(c) His eyes glow red.
(d) His breath smells of death.

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

8. What is Saladin Chamcha's reaction to waking up on the beach?
(a) He starts to cry.
(b) He laughs hysterically.
(c) He slaps Gibreel.
(d) He sits up and rubs his eyes.

9. What is Saladin's explanation for their survival?
(a) That it is all a dream
(b) That they were lucky
(c) That it was nothing out of the ordinary
(d) That God was with them

10. 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

11. Why does Mishal spend so much time with Aeysha?
(a) She has fallen in love with Aeysha.
(b) She wants to learn how to call the butterflies.
(c) She hopes Aeysha's Archangel husband will grant her a baby.
(d) She suspects her husband is lusting after Aeysha.

12. After a night at the Masks, where does Mahound wake up?
(a) In his harem
(b) In Hind's bed
(c) On top of Mount Cone
(d) In the cave

13. What is Hamza's objection to accepting Lat, Uzza, and Manat as equal with Allah?
(a) They are all females.
(b) They require human sacrifice.
(c) They have funny names.
(d) They are only statues.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to Hagar to show her the waters of Zamzam?

2. What does Chamcha order Gibreel to do?

3. What is the flight number that blows up with Gibreel and Chamcha aboard?

4. After the fall, what happens to Saladin's breath?

5. What does the specter of Dr. Babington say as he fades into the moonlight?

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