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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Chapter 12: A Sequence of Absurd Events During a Brief Sojourn in New Jersey - Chapter 15: Regarding Sister, and the Unforgivable Thing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of education did Sister complete against her parents' wishes?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Culinary Arts.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Law.

2. On which other character is the fictional character of the Human Trampoline based?
(a) Jonesco.
(b) Daughter.
(c) Sister.
(d) Miss Salma R.

3. Quichotte tells Sancho in the seventh chapter, "I brought you into existence by the powers of my wishing and the kindness of" what?
(a) The stars.
(b) The gods.
(c) The angels.
(d) The spirits.

4. Jonesco mysteriously examines which parts of Quichotte and Sancho's bodies in the novel's twelfth chapter?
(a) Eyes.
(b) Ears.
(c) Elbows.
(d) Knees.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Thayer considers Dr. Smile to be particularly talented in which area?

2. Once Jonesco has examined particular parts of Quichotte and Sancho's bodies, what term does he use in his diagnosis?

3. To whom does a particular character send an email message in Chapter 15 while pretending to be Sister?

4. In the novel's third chapter, the mother of Miss Salma R. is likened to whom?

5. What city is named as "the capital of Indian America," (66) according to the narrator?

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