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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 does Gibreel call Chamcha?
(a) Chacho
(b) Spoono
(c) Chico
(d) Salado

2. When the Imam summons Gibreel, the Archangel, where does he demand to be taken?
(a) Jahilia
(b) Germany
(c) Jerusalem
(d) Mecca

3. To what does Rushdie compare the explosion of the jet?
(a) The big bang
(b) The A-bomb
(c) TheTitanic
(d) The Challenger

4. 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

5. Why does the Imam destroy clocks?
(a) The Empress Aeysha collects clocks.
(b) Clocks are works of the Devil.
(c) He says God's time is timeless.
(d) They remind him of how long he has been in exile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gibreel wearing when he comes down Rosa's stairs to see what is going on?

2. What is the flight number that blows up with Gibreel and Chamcha aboard?

3. Upon her return, what does Aeysha say the people of Titlipur must do?

4. What has Rekha forgotten now that she is dead?

5. What does Mahound now believe about the verses accepting the goddesses?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How have things changed at Scandal Point?

3. Why has Salman defected from Mahound?

4. What do the citizens of Jahilia and their religion represent in the novel?

5. Why does Saladin return to India?

6. Give some information about the exiled Imam.

7. Detail the things about Allie Cone that make her a minor celebrity.

8. Where does the title of Satanic Verses come from?

9. What had happened to Rekha?

10. Why does Gibreel want to get to London?

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