View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Although Sufyan and Hind now live in a four-storey terraced house, what does she long for?
(a) A cottage in Ireland.
(b) The village life in Bangladesh.
(c) A smaller house, easier to keep clean.
(d) The humble teacher's flat in Dhaka.

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

4. How does Mirza Saeed meet his death?
(a) He is killed by the villagers who remained in Titlipur.
(b) He commits suicide after returning to an empty house.
(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.

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

6. What does Mahound learn just before he dies?
(a) Khalid poisoned him.
(b) Al-Lat caused his sickness.
(c) Hind committed suicide.
(d) Gibreel is really an actor.

7. As Hind grows bolder, what is happening to Mahound?
(a) He is preparing to invade Egypt.
(b) He is visiting Gibreel every day.
(c) He is planning a trip to Jerusalem.
(d) He is dying of a fatal sickness.

8. What becomes an obsession with Mahound at Tathrib oasis?
(a) War and wealth
(b) Law and rules
(c) Food and feasts
(d) Women and girls

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Now out of jail, what is Billy Battuta planning for Gibreel?

3. What conclusion do the miners reach when the great flood comes?

4. Why is Dr. Simba arrested?

5. What must happen before a Prophet can die?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 740 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample