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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the rumor that Hind is using witchcraft?
(a) She starts collecting brooms and caldrons.
(b) She dresses all in black.
(c) She is always accompanied by a black cat.
(d) She does not appear to age.

2. As Hind grows bolder, what is happening to Mahound?
(a) He is preparing to invade Egypt.
(b) He is dying of a fatal sickness.
(c) He is planning a trip to Jerusalem.
(d) He is visiting Gibreel every day.

3. What emotion becomes the undoing of Gibreel's and Allie's relationship?
(a) Gibreel's unjustified jealousy
(b) Allie's desire for excellence
(c) Gibreel's passion for cooking
(d) Allie's love of mountain climbing

4. What must happen before a Prophet can die?
(a) He must be purified with clean water and dressed in white linen.
(b) He must pass though the fires of hell.
(c) He must sit facing the east and wait for death to come.
(d) He must be shown Paradise and make a choice of heaven or longer life.

5. At the party, seeing London at Gibreel's feet, what happens to Chamcha?
(a) He feels the return of hate.
(b) He begins to feel ill.
(c) He gets lost in the crowd.
(d) He is happy for his fellow Indian.

6. What is the meaning of Uhuru Simba's name?
(a) Honor of the Lion
(b) Black is Beautiful
(c) Freedom for the Lion
(d) Africans for Freedom

7. What spiteful thing does Saladin begin doing to Gibreel and Allie?
(a) Letting the air out of their tires.
(b) Making anonymous calls suggesting that Allie is having an affair.
(c) Putting false insormation about them in the newspapers.
(d) Calling during the night but not saying anything.

8. How does business suddenly boom at The Curtain?
(a) Mahound takes to coming there every day with his closest friends.
(b) former priestesses of Al-Lat come to join the whores of The Curtain.
(c) The twelve whores assume the names of Mahound's twelve wives.
(d) Hind takes over the operation and brings in new girls.

9. What happens to the butterflies?
(a) They turn black.
(b) They form a circle around the pilgrims.
(c) They suddenly vanish.
(d) They stop changing colors.

10. Why does Saladin think there is no need for angels and demons?
(a) Man is both demonic and angelic.
(b) He was no different as a demon.
(c) Men are demons and women are angels.
(d) Neither of them a real.

11. What does Mr. Qureishi offer his daughter, Mishal?
(a) To carry her on his back
(b) To fly her to Mecca
(c) To send for a doctor
(d) To allow her to continue her march

12. How does Hind save her life?
(a) He agrees to have Mahound sleep in her bed.
(b) She becomes Mahound's wife.
(c) Veiled, she kisses Mahound's foot and says the words of Submission.
(d) She disguises herself as a peasant.

13. What happens before Mahound will enter Jahilia?
(a) The water well is purified.
(b) Khalid destroys the pagan temples.
(c) The Grandee is put to the sword.
(d) Hind comes begging for mercy.

14. What is Hind doing for two years after her seclusion?
(a) Memorizing the Quran
(b) Planning her escape to Egypt
(c) Studying occult books
(d) Writing books for women

15. What does Mahound learn just before he dies?
(a) Khalid poisoned him.
(b) Hind committed suicide.
(c) Al-Lat caused his sickness.
(d) Gibreel is really an actor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his dream, what do the look-alike Hyacinths call Chamcha?

2. What does Alicja Cone say to Allie about Gibreel?

3. How does Allie become very successful?

4. What does the Grandee do when Mahound and his followers arrive?

5. What does Chamcha do in his apartment?

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