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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hind doing for two years after her seclusion?
(a) Writing books for women
(b) Planning her escape to Egypt
(c) Studying occult books
(d) Memorizing the Quran

2. What emotion becomes the undoing of Gibreel's and Allie's relationship?
(a) Allie's desire for excellence
(b) Allie's love of mountain climbing
(c) Gibreel's passion for cooking
(d) Gibreel's unjustified jealousy

3. In his dream, what do the look-alike Hyacinths call Chamcha?
(a) An archangel
(b) Satan, the Goat
(c) A grade B actor
(d) An imposter

4. What becomes an obsession with Mahound at Tathrib oasis?
(a) Food and feasts
(b) War and wealth
(c) Law and rules
(d) Women and girls

5. What activity is occupying Pamela's time?
(a) Writing a novel about her experience with Chamcha.
(b) Learning to climb mountains.
(c) Investigating allegations of witchcraft among the police.
(d) Holding seances to speak with the dea.

6. What sign is given Baal that Mahound is returning to Jahilia?
(a) Cone Mountain shakes
(b) Butterflies all turn black
(c) Gibreel hovering overhead
(d) A blood tear on the statue of Al-Lat

7. The Satanic verses, multiple marriages, and either old or very young wives are all points of disagreement between what two people?
(a) Pamela and Allie
(b) Gibreel and Saladin
(c) Baal and Hind
(d) Salman and Mahound

8. What happens when Aeysha agrees with the Imam?
(a) The baby is stoned to death.
(b) Mishal asks for the baby.
(c) The people turn against the Imam and Aeysha.
(d) Mirza Saeed snatches the baby out of the Iman's arms.

9. What do the Sufyan girls think might be going on with Chamcha?
(a) They think he just has a hysterical deformity which will go away.
(b) They think he is projecting an image onto their minds.
(c) They think he will return to normal in the south of France.
(d) Because he is an actor, they think his appearance may just be makeup.

10. On the radio in a taxi, who does Saladin hear speaking?
(a) Eugene Dumsday
(b) Winston churchill
(c) Gibreel Farishta
(d) Allie Cone

11. How does Allie become very successful?
(a) Going on talk show to talk about Gibreel.
(b) Marketing her line of sports clothing for women.
(c) She makes three movies back to back.
(d) Writing a book about Gibreel, the man who fell to earth.

12. What happens as Aeysha walks toward the protesters trying to stop the pilgrims?
(a) Lightning strikes the protest leader.
(b) Aeysha grows as tall as a tree.
(c) It comes a downpour of rain.
(d) Someone throws a stone at Aeysha.

13. What are Mahound's last words to Baal?
(a) Today you will meet Shaitan.
(b) I see no difference between whores and writers.
(c) You cannot blaspheme after your head is cut off.
(d) Submit and save your miserable life.

14. What two women begin to haunt Saladin's dreams?
(a) Ussa and Manat
(b) Anahita and Nasreen
(c) Mishal Sufyan and Zeeny Vakil
(d) Pamela and Hind

15. What has Hind upset at the Shaandaar Bed and Breakfast?
(a) She catches her husband with Mimi.
(b) She sees Hanif Johnson coming out of her daughter's, Mishal's, room.
(c) She hears Chamcha clomping around on his goat feet.
(d) She learns that chamcha has lost his job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What decreases along with the disappearance of Chamcha's horns and hooves?

2. Who is Jumpy Joshi's star pupil at the martial arts academy?

3. How does Chamcha appear as he stands among the wreckage of the Hot Wax nightclub?

4. How does Hind save her life?

5. What makes Saladin's return to his past life difficult?

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