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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is Baal disguised by the madam of The Curtain brothel?
(a) He is plastered to look like a leper.
(b) He is dressed as a woman.
(c) He is painted white and stands like a statue.
(d) His skin and hair are dyed blue black like a djinn.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Mr. Qureishi offer his daughter, Mishal?

4. What assurance does Jumpy need to go into Pamela's bedroom?

5. What does Alicja Cone say to Allie about Gibreel?

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