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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Chamcha's dream from the old days?
(a) Learning how to play the sitar.
(b) Teaching his son to ride a bicycle.
(c) Living in an ivory palace.
(d) Marrying a princess.

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

3. When Mahound's Aeysha becomes jealous of his dalliances, what does he do?
(a) He goes into a trance and quotes the Archangel giving him orders to have many women.
(b) He threatens to have her sent to work at The Curtain.
(c) He tells her the lies whe wants to hear.
(d) He makes her walk naked through the city.

4. Why does Saladin think there is no need for angels and demons?
(a) Neither of them a real.
(b) He was no different as a demon.
(c) Men are demons and women are angels.
(d) Man is both demonic and angelic.

5. What does the Imam say about the foundling baby?
(a) It is innocent of any sin.
(b) It has strange markings on it.
(c) It is just a baby.
(d) It is the Devil's child.

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

7. Who throws a party on a giant sound stage at Shepperton Studios?
(a) Pamela Lovelace
(b) Gibreel Farishta
(c) Eugene Dumsday
(d) S. S. Sisodia

8. What is the meaning of Uhuru Simba's name?
(a) Freedom for the Lion
(b) Africans for Freedom
(c) Black is Beautiful
(d) Honor of the Lion

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

10. How does Mirza Saeed meet his death?
(a) He commits suicide after returning to an empty house.
(b) He is killed by the villagers who remained in Titlipur.
(c) He suffers a fatal heart attack on the long trip back to Titilipur.
(d) He dies of starvation at home, dreaming of going under the sea.

11. What does Srinivas, the toy merchant, see coming toward him?
(a) The Archangel Gibreel
(b) Rosa Diamond leading a parade of elephants
(c) A delegation from Mecca
(d) The villagers of Titlipur on their pilgrimage

12. Now out of jail, what is Billy Battuta planning for Gibreel?
(a) A new temple
(b) An advertising campaign
(c) A rock band tour
(d) A movie comeback

13. What makes Saladin's return to his past life difficult?
(a) Red tape
(b) Jumpy
(c) Gibreel
(d) Amnesia

14. What happens to Billy Battuta and Mimi in New York?
(a) They are suspected of being terrorists.
(b) The are accused of spying by the FBI.
(c) They are arrested for passing a bad check.
(d) They are denied a visa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What offer does Mirza Saeed make Aeysha as the people turn against her?

2. Angry at Saeed, Ayesha says that those who listen to the devil's verses will go to the devil. What does Mirza Saeed answer?

3. In his dream, what do the look-alike Hyacinths call Chamcha?

4. What does Chamcha do in his apartment?

5. How does Salman test Mahound?

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