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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the girls of The Curtain are jailed, what makes the men afraid?
(a) They had sworn an oath that they never went to The Curtain.
(b) They do not know what may come into Mahound's mind.
(c) They all knew the names of the girls.
(d) They had violated the laws of segregation of the sexes.

2. What do all the people accept as a miracle after the rains stop?
(a) The butterflies return.
(b) No one has been harmed in the flood.
(c) Aeysha's sari turns to gold.
(d) The sun immediately dries the land.

3. How does Allie become very successful?
(a) Going on talk show to talk about Gibreel.
(b) Marketing her line of sports clothing for women.
(c) Writing a book about Gibreel, the man who fell to earth.
(d) She makes three movies back to back.

4. On the radio in a taxi, who does Saladin hear speaking?
(a) Allie Cone
(b) Gibreel Farishta
(c) Eugene Dumsday
(d) Winston churchill

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What two women begin to haunt Saladin's dreams?

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

3. What must happen before a Prophet can die?

4. How does Chamcha appear as he stands among the wreckage of the Hot Wax nightclub?

5. Who throws a party on a giant sound stage at Shepperton Studios?

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