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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Srinivas realize about Aeysha?
(a) She has the same face as the goddess Lakshmi.
(b) She is connected to the Archangel Gibreel.
(c) She cannot possibly be wrong.
(d) She can only sleep under a blanket of butterflies.

5. What has Hal Valance done to Chamcha?
(a) Turned him in to the police.
(b) Made love to Pamela, Chamcha's wife.
(c) Stolen his money.
(d) Fired him.

6. What conclusion do the miners reach when the great flood comes?
(a) That the butterflies had turned into rain
(b) That they must double their opposition to Aeysha
(c) That Aeysha was a powerful magician
(d) That God had taken the side of Aeysha

7. What does Alicja Cone say to Allie about Gibreel?
(a) He is a con artist.
(b) He will be too famous.
(c) He is not in your league.
(d) He probably never made a movie.

8. What do all the people accept as a miracle after the rains stop?
(a) No one has been harmed in the flood.
(b) The sun immediately dries the land.
(c) The butterflies return.
(d) Aeysha's sari turns to gold.

9. Who recognizes Aeysha in the village of Chatnapatna?
(a) The Vishna Hindu Parishad
(b) The Station Head Officer
(c) Mrs. Qureishi
(d) Lakshmi

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

11. How does Aeysha turn Mirza Saeed's offer to her favor?
(a) She tells the pilgrims that she will only go on if they all do.
(b) She refuses to march any further.
(c) She convinces the pilgrims that Saeed is the Devil.
(d) She tells the pilgrims to go home and she will continue alone.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What becomes an obsession with Mahound at Tathrib oasis?

2. What does Gibreel shout out in John Maslama's music store?

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

4. When Mahound's Aeysha becomes jealous of his dalliances, what does he do?

5. What happens before Mahound will enter Jahilia?

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