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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Upon her return, what does Aeysha say the people of Titlipur must do?
(a) Memorize the entire Quran
(b) Learn to call the butterflies.
(c) Give up eating meat.
(d) Go on a pilgrimage to Mecca to kiss the Ka'aba.

6. Why do the police come for Saladin?
(a) Someone had reported a strange looking man on the beach.
(b) They are looking for the devil and think Saladin might be him.
(c) Gibreel had called them to come get him.
(d) The airline wanted to interrogate him about the explosion.

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

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

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

10. How does Mahound see the Archangel Gibreel in the cave?
(a) As hovering over him, flapping his wings
(b) As being connected to him by a golden umbilical cord
(c) As standing in a fiery bush
(d) As a half man, half horse

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

12. What difficulty does Gibreel have in getting out of Rosa's house?
(a) He trips on the stairs.
(b) His legs are unsteady.
(c) Rosa wakes up and holds onto him.
(d) He cannot unlock the door.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who tells Abu Simbel that a poet's work is to shape the world?

3. After a night at the Masks, where does Mahound wake up?

4. Who does Saladin think the old woman with the cane is?

5. What makes Gibreel begin speaking after pinning Mahound down?

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