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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Chapter 5: Quichotte’s Cousin, the “Good” Dr. Smile, is a Man of Many Secrets - Chapter 8: Wherein, Turning Away the Brightness of the Beloved, We Examine Her Darkness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once Dr. Smile's "enterprises" mysteriously end "in ruins," (69) many people will attribute the downfall to which trait?
(a) Greed.
(b) Foolishness.
(c) Envy.
(d) Ignorance.

2. In the third chapter of the novel, Miss Salma R.'s grandmother is likened to whom?
(a) Fay Wray.
(b) Grace Kelly.
(c) Natalie Wood.
(d) Greta Garbo.

3. In which city did Miss Salma R once have a severe manic episode?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Seattle.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Portland.

4. Quichotte lives "at a series of temporary addresses across" (1) which country?
(a) Chad.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) India.
(d) The United States.

5. When Quichotte notes a wasted asset of Quichotte's, what item does he name?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) A large vocabulary.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Creativity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the product that made Smile Pharmaceuticals Inc their fortune?

2. What kind of a name is Sam DuChamp, according to the narrator of the novel's second chapter?

3. Miss Salma R is a third-generation sufferer of which malady?

4. With what name does Quichotte sign the first letter he sends to Miss Salma R.?

5. What type of education did Sister complete against her parents' wishes?

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