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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Gibreel doing as he falls through the air?
(a) Laughing
(b) Screaming
(c) Trying to fly
(d) Singing

3. How does Osman explain to the villager that Aeysha disappeared without his seeing where she went.
(a) He says she gave him something to make him sleep.
(b) He says she left in the middle of the night.
(c) He says a wind blew dust in his eyes.
(d) He says she sent him on an errand and was gone when he returned.

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

5. How does Osman make his living?
(a) As a soldier
(b) As a clown
(c) As a poet
(d) As a water bearer

Short Answer Questions

1. What occurs in Gibreel's dream as Mahound returns to the mountain?

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

3. Why is Saladin covered with a thin sheet of ice?

4. Why does Hamza insist that Mahound return to the mountain?

5. What proof do the police offer that Saladin is the man they are looking for?

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