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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) God willed it and an angel made it happen.
(d) Chamcha willed it and Farishta made it happen.

2. What occupation do Gibreel and Chamcha have in common?
(a) They are accountants.
(b) They are religious clerics.
(c) They are actors.
(d) The are writers.

3. Why does Rosa Diamond rush for her hat, cloak, and stick?
(a) She is about to do a witch's brew.
(b) She is going grocery shopping.
(c) She fears she needs to get out of her house.
(d) She is hurrying to go see who fell from the sky.

4. What does Bilal, an American convert, do for the Imam?
(a) He guards the Imam's door.
(b) He provides water for the Imam.
(c) He sings the Imam's songs on his radio broadcast.
(d) He writes satires for the Imam.

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Hamza insist that Mahound return to the mountain?
(a) To straighten himself out
(b) To argue with Allah
(c) To see if he was talking to Shaitan instead of Gibreel
(d) To get the truth from the Archangel

11. How does Hind say he got there?
(a) She drugged him and brought him home.
(b) She seduced him with liquour.
(c) She had him arrested and brought to her.
(d) She found him unconscious in the street.

12. Who comes to Hagar to show her the waters of Zamzam?
(a) Gibreel as the Archangel
(b) Ibrahim
(c) Shaitan
(d) A camel

13. How many survivors are there from the explosion?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Twenty
(d) None

14. Who is the previous untouchable who guards Aeysha's hut?
(a) Slaldin
(b) Osman
(c) Mahmood
(d) Gibreel

15. 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) The Empress Hind doing a sensual dance
(c) A girl who is eating on his lawn and attracting the chameleon butterflies
(d) His wife, Mishal, taking her morning bath in the fountain

Short Answer Questions

1. What is odd about the song Gibreel begins to sing?

2. What is beside Gibreel's ear when he wakes up on the beach?

3. What happens between Rosa and Gibreel in a dream?

4. Who thinks it is a miracle that they are alive?

5. What is Gibreel doing as he falls through the air?

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