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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What halts progress on Gibreel's film?
(a) The script is rejected and they have to start over.
(b) There is a fire on the sound stage.
(c) Billy and Mimi are arrested again in New York.
(d) Billy cannot raise the money.

2. What spiteful thing does Saladin begin doing to Gibreel and Allie?
(a) Putting false insormation about them in the newspapers.
(b) Calling during the night but not saying anything.
(c) Letting the air out of their tires.
(d) Making anonymous calls suggesting that Allie is having an affair.

3. What was the tragedy of the flood?
(a) The crops were all destroyed.
(b) All the houses were flattened.
(c) Fifteen thousand miners were buried alive in the mines.
(d) Most of the children had drowned.

4. What happens before Mahound will enter Jahilia?
(a) Khalid destroys the pagan temples.
(b) The water well is purified.
(c) Hind comes begging for mercy.
(d) The Grandee is put to the sword.

5. At the party, seeing London at Gibreel's feet, what happens to Chamcha?
(a) He gets lost in the crowd.
(b) He begins to feel ill.
(c) He feels the return of hate.
(d) He is happy for his fellow Indian.

6. What does Anahita call her parents' native land?
(a) Swindlia
(b) Bungleditch
(c) Hindu Hills
(d) Scandal Point

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

8. When Aeysha proclaims the loss of life as punishment from God, Mirza Saeed retorts that they were all underground. What does Aeysha say?
(a) They should have climbed the mountain.
(b) They were trying to hide from God.
(c) They dug their own graves.
(d) They should have gone to the sea.

9. What happens to the butterflies?
(a) They turn black.
(b) They suddenly vanish.
(c) They form a circle around the pilgrims.
(d) They stop changing colors.

10. Angry at Saeed, Ayesha says that those who listen to the devil's verses will go to the devil. What does Mirza Saeed answer?
(a) It is a choice between the devil and the deep blue sea.
(b) Those who live by the sword will die by the sword.
(c) At least with the devil, you're dry.
(d) How do we know you're not the devil?

11. Why is Dr. Simba arrested?
(a) He was standing at the wrong place in the wrong time.
(b) He owes back taxes.
(c) He is accused of being the Granny Ripper Murderer.
(d) He is suspected of terrorism.

12. Who hits Jumpy over the head with an oar?
(a) Mimi
(b) Pamela
(c) Saladin
(d) Gibreel

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

14. Where do Mishal, Hanif, and Pinkwalla take Chamcha after they leave the Hot Wax nightclub?
(a) To his former home.
(b) To Buckingham Palace.
(c) To the bank.
(d) To the movie studio.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the wife of Sarpanch Muhammad Din, an old woman on the march?

2. What two women begin to haunt Saladin's dreams?

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

4. On the radio in a taxi, who does Saladin hear speaking?

5. Who recognizes Aeysha in the village of Chatnapatna?

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