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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 have been drugged by Aeysha.
(c) They think that only the open believers will not be harmed by the water.
(d) They are too proud to return to scorn.

2. What decreases along with the disappearance of Chamcha's horns and hooves?
(a) His animosity toward Gibreel.
(b) His dreams.
(c) His desires.
(d) His singing.

3. After the girls of The Curtain are jailed, what makes the men afraid?
(a) They had sworn an oath that they never went to The Curtain.
(b) They do not know what may come into Mahound's mind.
(c) They all knew the names of the girls.
(d) They had violated the laws of segregation of the sexes.

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

5. What happens when Allie Cone looks at Saladin Chamcha?
(a) He feels his hate for Gibreel transfer onto her.
(b) He falls madly in love with her.
(c) He sees that she is exactly like Pamela.
(d) There is instant sexual tension.

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

7. What does Mr. Qureishi offer his daughter, Mishal?
(a) To fly her to Mecca
(b) To carry her on his back
(c) To allow her to continue her march
(d) To send for a doctor

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

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

10. What assurance does Jumpy need to go into Pamela's bedroom?
(a) Permission from Chamcha
(b) That Chamcha is out of town
(c) A copy of Pamela's divorce papers
(d) That Chamcha will not see him

11. 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) How do we know you're not the devil?
(d) At least with the devil, you're dry.

12. How does business suddenly boom at The Curtain?
(a) Mahound takes to coming there every day with his closest friends.
(b) The twelve whores assume the names of Mahound's twelve wives.
(c) Hind takes over the operation and brings in new girls.
(d) former priestesses of Al-Lat come to join the whores of The Curtain.

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

14. What does Chamcha do in his apartment?
(a) Watch TV.
(b) Make phone calls.
(c) Break up the furniture.
(d) Kill Pamela.

15. 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 convinces the pilgrims that Saeed is the Devil.
(c) She tells the pilgrims to go home and she will continue alone.
(d) She refuses to march any further.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Dr. Simba arrested?

2. How does Hind save her life?

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

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

5. What was the tragedy of the flood?

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