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

2. In his dream, what is the new name his mother gives him?
(a) Shaitan
(b) Mahound
(c) Changez Two
(d) Salahuddin

3. What is Saladin holding up when he appears in Rosa's hallway?
(a) A golf club
(b) His driver's license
(c) His bowler hat
(d) His pajamas with the missing button

4. Who tries to rationalize away the reason they come down slowly?
(a) Rescuers
(b) Gibreel
(c) Rekha
(d) Saladin

5. What happens between Rosa and Gibreel in a dream?
(a) They are transported to Argentina.
(b) They ride horses on the beach.
(c) They make love.
(d) They drift above the clouds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Imam destroy clocks?

2. What happens to Gibreel's breath after he falls to earth?

3. To what does Rushdie compare the explosion of the jet?

4. Who tells Abu Simbel that a poet's work is to shape the world?

5. Where is Gibreel planning to go in London?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the floods change the mining townspeople's minds about Aeysha.

2. What is Saladin able to do for his father?

3. Why does the TV show called Gardener's World attract Chamcha's attention?

4. How are the pilgrims finally destroyed?

5. What happens at Shepperton Studios?

6. Explain religious extremism as demonstrated by finding the abandoned baby.

7. How has Mahound become prominent in Jahilia?

8. What effect does the death of Sarpanch Muhammad Din's wife have on the pilgrims?

9. What is the difference of opinion between Gibreel and the Imam?

10. Who is the Aeysha of the butterflies?

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