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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Rosa's response when Gibreel asks if she noticed Chamcha's horns?

4. Who does Gibreel see on his way down to earth?

5. What does ellowen deeowen stand for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Chamcha restored to his human form?

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

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

4. Why is Gibreel unable to get away from Rosa Diamond?

5. What is the importance of the wrestling match between Mahound and the Archangel Gibreel?

6. What is the thing Chamcha must do that calls him away from the human chain protest?

7. Describe how Chamcha is helped to get out of the hospital.

8. Explain how Baal, the satirical poet, realizes that Mahound is returning to Jahilia.

9. How have things changed at Scandal Point?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a paper comparing and contrasting Pamela Lovelace and Allie Cone. How are they similar and how do they differ? Is one more sympathetic than the other?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the idea that men do not need angels and demons because they exist in human beings. Explain why you agree or disagree and give examples.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about organized demonstrations as a means of social change. Use the demonstration on behalf of Uhura Simba and the human chain for peace as examples. Then refer to real life demonstrations that have either succeeded or failed. Some examples you might want to research and include are the demonstrations led by Gandhi in India and the American Civil Rights movement in the 1960s.

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