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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In his dream, what is the new name his mother gives him?
(a) Salahuddin
(b) Shaitan
(c) Changez Two
(d) Mahound

6. Why are Mahound's followers worried after he goes to see the Grandee?
(a) He is gone a long time and has not returned.
(b) He may be planning to kill the Grandee.
(c) He is likely to compromise with the Grandee.
(d) He may fall into the clutches of Hind.

7. What makes Gibreel begin speaking after pinning Mahound down?
(a) Mahound forces his mouth open and the words out of his mouth.
(b) Allah opens him mouth and gives him the words.
(c) He wants to talk so he can wake up.
(d) It is customary for the victor to give a speech.

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

9. What follows the repudiation of the goddesses?
(a) Hamza is arrested and stoned to death.
(b) A blood bath that kills all of Mahound's followers
(c) Hind forgives him and takes him to her bed.
(d) A policy of persecution against Mahound's followers

10. What is Aeysha's affliction?
(a) She is barren.
(b) She has cancer.
(c) She has leporsy.
(d) She has epilepsy.

11. What is Gibreel doing that slows down their descent?
(a) Using his jacket as a parachutte
(b) Holding onto a pelican
(c) Swimming in air
(d) Flapping his arms

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

13. Who thinks it is a miracle that they are alive?
(a) Gibreel
(b) An old woman
(c) Chamcha
(d) The TV reporter

14. What is Rosa's response when Gibreel asks if she noticed Chamcha's horns?
(a) She says that horns are the fashion now.
(b) she says she did not.
(c) Nothing, she goes deaf.
(d) She looks surprised and nods her head.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aeysha believe will happen on the way to Mecca?

2. How does Gibreel finally manage to pin Mahound down in the wrestling match?

3. What is Hamza's objection to accepting Lat, Uzza, and Manat as equal with Allah?

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

5. What does Abu Simbel want from Mahound?

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