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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. How many survivors are there from the explosion?
(a) None
(b) Twenty
(c) Three
(d) Two

2. What does Mishal tell her husband about the girl?
(a) That her name is Aeysha
(b) That she has relatives in the village
(c) That she has six fingers on one hand
(d) That she comes from Mecca

3. Why do the people reject Mirza Saeed's offer to build liters for them to ride in to Mecca?
(a) Because they cannot accept anything from an unbeliever
(b) Because Aeysha forbids it
(c) Because the Archangel said they were to walk
(d) Because there is not enough time to build them

4. What claim does Aeysha make upon her return to Titlipur?
(a) That the Angel Gibreel had lain down beside her
(b) That she had received a message from God
(c) That she is now the new prophet
(d) That she has the power to work miracles

5. Who is the antagonist of the Imam, Mahmood?
(a) The Empress Aeysha
(b) Rosa Diamond
(c) The angel Gibreel
(d) Saladin Chamcha

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Saladin holding up when he appears in Rosa's hallway?

2. What does Hamza do that causes Hind to set her mind on revenge?

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

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

5. What does the Grandee, Abu Simbel, want from the satirist Baal?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Chamcha react to the information that Changez has not been told that he is dying?

3. Why is Mirza Saeed so miserable?

4. How is Chamcha restored to his human form?

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

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

7. Who is the Aeysha of the butterflies?

8. Explain how business suddenly picks up at the brothel called The Curtain.

9. What do Mishal and Anahita question about Chamcha's appearance?

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

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