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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What must happen before a Prophet can die?
(a) He must be purified with clean water and dressed in white linen.
(b) He must pass though the fires of hell.
(c) He must be shown Paradise and make a choice of heaven or longer life.
(d) He must sit facing the east and wait for death to come.

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

4. About what does Sufyan's wife, Hind, assume that her husband agrees with her?
(a) That sex is a dirty business
(b) That their daughters should not see Chamcha
(c) That Chamcha is Shaitan himself
(d) That Chamcha is a freak

5. How does Hind save her life?
(a) She becomes Mahound's wife.
(b) Veiled, she kisses Mahound's foot and says the words of Submission.
(c) She disguises herself as a peasant.
(d) He agrees to have Mahound sleep in her bed.

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

7. How does Salman test Mahound?
(a) He slips pork into Mahound's beef stew but nothing happens.
(b) He puts meaningless words into the writing and Mahound thinks Gibreel put them there.
(c) He alters the words Mahound gives him to write, but Mahound never notices.
(d) He makes up new rules, writes them down, and Mahound thinks he did it himself.

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

9. How does Chamcha appear as he stands among the wreckage of the Hot Wax nightclub?
(a) His horns have growqn three feet.
(b) He is back to normal.
(c) His goat feet are bigger than ever.
(d) His face is all black.

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

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

12. What offer does Mirza Saeed make Aeysha as the people turn against her?
(a) To order boats to take them across the sea.
(b) To build her a new mosque in Titlipur.
(c) To fly twenve of the pilgrims to Mecca.
(d) To bring in doctors to help the sick.

13. Why do the villagers not turn back as they wade deeper and deeper into the sea?
(a) They have all been hypnotized by the angel.
(b) They think that only the open believers will not be harmed by the water.
(c) They are too proud to return to scorn.
(d) They have been drugged by Aeysha.

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

15. What does the Grandee do when Mahound and his followers arrive?
(a) He surrenders the city and embrases the faith.
(b) He runs away to live in exile.
(c) He hides under Hind's bed.
(d) He falls on his own sword and dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does business suddenly boom at The Curtain?

2. What do all the people accept as a miracle after the rains stop?

3. How does Anahita Sufyan apologize for calling Chamcha a freak?

4. The Satanic verses, multiple marriages, and either old or very young wives are all points of disagreement between what two people?

5. Why does Saladin think there is no need for angels and demons?

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