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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens as Aeysha walks toward the protesters trying to stop the pilgrims?
(a) Someone throws a stone at Aeysha.
(b) Aeysha grows as tall as a tree.
(c) Lightning strikes the protest leader.
(d) It comes a downpour of rain.

2. In his dream, what do the look-alike Hyacinths call Chamcha?
(a) A grade B actor
(b) An imposter
(c) An archangel
(d) Satan, the Goat

3. What does Alicja Cone say to Allie about Gibreel?
(a) He will be too famous.
(b) He is a con artist.
(c) He is not in your league.
(d) He probably never made a movie.

4. What does Srinivas realize about Aeysha?
(a) She is connected to the Archangel Gibreel.
(b) She can only sleep under a blanket of butterflies.
(c) She cannot possibly be wrong.
(d) She has the same face as the goddess Lakshmi.

5. What does Chamcha do in his apartment?
(a) Kill Pamela.
(b) Make phone calls.
(c) Break up the furniture.
(d) Watch TV.

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

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

8. Who recognizes Aeysha in the village of Chatnapatna?
(a) Lakshmi
(b) The Station Head Officer
(c) The Vishna Hindu Parishad
(d) Mrs. Qureishi

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

10. What happens to the wife of Sarpanch Muhammad Din, an old woman on the march?
(a) She kisses Gibreel.
(b) She dies.
(c) She becomes young again.
(d) She starts collecting butterflies.

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

12. What has Hind upset at the Shaandaar Bed and Breakfast?
(a) She catches her husband with Mimi.
(b) She sees Hanif Johnson coming out of her daughter's, Mishal's, room.
(c) She learns that chamcha has lost his job.
(d) She hears Chamcha clomping around on his goat feet.

13. What does Jumpy Joshi think Chamcha, now transformed with horns and goat feet, needs to begin changing back into a man?
(a) A new love interest
(b) A hot bowl of soup
(c) To find Gibreel and ask him to help
(d) A new tailor

14. What does Srinivas, the toy merchant, see coming toward him?
(a) The Archangel Gibreel
(b) A delegation from Mecca
(c) Rosa Diamond leading a parade of elephants
(d) The villagers of Titlipur on their pilgrimage

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mahound learn just before he dies?

2. How does Salman test Mahound?

3. How does Mirza Saeed meet his death?

4. How does Aeysha turn Mirza Saeed's offer to her favor?

5. On the radio in a taxi, who does Saladin hear speaking?

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