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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Saladin holding up when he appears in Rosa's hallway?
(a) His bowler hat
(b) A golf club
(c) His driver's license
(d) His pajamas with the missing button

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

6. To what does Rushdie compare the explosion of the jet?
(a) The A-bomb
(b) TheTitanic
(c) The big bang
(d) The Challenger

7. Who does Saladin think the old woman with the cane is?
(a) The Archangel Gibreel
(b) Pamela
(c) Rekha
(d) The Angel of Death

8. Who tells Abu Simbel that a poet's work is to shape the world?
(a) Jahilia
(b) Hind
(c) Mahound
(d) Baal

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

10. Who tries to rationalize away the reason they come down slowly?
(a) Rescuers
(b) Saladin
(c) Gibreel
(d) Rekha

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

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

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

14. Where does Mahound go after he leaves Hind's chambers?
(a) To find his uncle.
(b) Back up Mount Cone.
(c) To his seventy year old wife.
(d) To get a drink from the well of Zamzam.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Saladin covered with a thin sheet of ice?

3. What does Gibreel feel is holding him at Rosa's house?

4. What happens when he finally calls Pamela to let her know he's alive?

5. What does Bilal, an American convert, do for the Imam?

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