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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rosa's response when Gibreel asks if she noticed Chamcha's horns?
(a) She says that horns are the fashion now.
(b) Nothing, she goes deaf.
(c) She looks surprised and nods her head.
(d) she says she did not.

2. Where are Gibreel and Chamcha found?
(a) Walking to London
(b) Sitting on a hill
(c) Running down a lane
(d) Washed up on the shore

3. What is under Saladin's bowler hat?
(a) A starfish
(b) His airplane ticket
(c) Two lumps growing out his temples
(d) Gray hair

4. Who is the previous untouchable who guards Aeysha's hut?
(a) Slaldin
(b) Mahmood
(c) Osman
(d) Gibreel

5. What difficulty does Gibreel have in getting out of Rosa's house?
(a) Rosa wakes up and holds onto him.
(b) He trips on the stairs.
(c) His legs are unsteady.
(d) He cannot unlock the door.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does the Archangel give Aeysha about her friend Mishal?

2. Where are they as they are falling?

3. How does Gibreel finally manage to pin Mahound down in the wrestling match?

4. What cliche does Abu Simbel believe is not true?

5. What is beside Gibreel's ear when he wakes up on the beach?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are Gibreel and Allie living?

2. Why does Gibreel want to get to London?

3. What is the relevance of the arrest of Dr. Uhura Simba to the theme of the novel?

4. What message does Aeysha give Mishal in response to Mirza Saeed's final appeal to the pilgrims?

5. What is the irony of Mahound's death?

6. How does Gibreel put his foot in his mouth when he speaks with Chamcha?

7. How is Chamcha bitter at his circumstances?

8. Why had Zeeny avoided seeing Chamcha?

9. Tell what happens when Chamcha calls Pamela.

10. What does the Grandee's wife, Hind, represent?

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