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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the phone call, who arrives at Rosa's house?
(a) The airline representative comes to interview Rosa.
(b) The mayor of London comes to see Gibreel.
(c) The police come to arrest Saladin.
(d) The TV stations send out their camera crews.

2. What is odd about the song Gibreel begins to sing?
(a) It is a language and a tune he does not know.
(b) It is a child's nursery rhyme.
(c) It echoes back into his mouth.
(d) It is a song about India as a lost continent.

3. What has Rekha forgotten now that she is dead?
(a) How to forgive
(b) Who Gibreel is
(c) What her name was
(d) How she died

4. Where is the Archangel Gibreel after all the followers of Mahound leave the city?
(a) On the mountain being attacked by Lat, Ussa, and Manat.
(b) Back home in his bed in London.
(c) In heaven discussing everything with Allah.
(d) Flying around trying to find Mahound.

5. What is the name of the jumbo jet that explodes?
(a) Bambi
(b) Bostan
(c) Bastian
(d) Bombay

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gibreel doing that slows down their descent?

2. What happens when he finally calls Pamela to let her know he's alive?

3. Where are they as they are falling?

4. What occupation do Gibreel and Chamcha have in common?

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

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