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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which term does the narrator apply to Dr. Smile in the novel's fifth chapter?
(a) Octagenarian.
(b) Billionaire.
(c) Millionaire.
(d) Philanthropist.

2. How many spy novels has Sam DuChamp written by the time he embarks on a work of experimental fiction?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

3. From what malady does DuChamp suffer, according to the narrator?
(a) An aching back.
(b) Depression.
(c) Gout.
(d) Tennis elbow.

4. Miss Salma R. is said to have gone from which location to Hollywood?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Dubai.
(c) Bollywood.
(d) Miami.

5. What is the name of Miss Salma R.'s grandmother?
(a) Miss Dina R.
(b) Miss Layla R.
(c) Miss Michelle R.
(d) Miss Racine R.

6. What kind of dance does Quichotte do in hopes of eliciting a sign about the journey's next move?
(a) Square.
(b) Sun.
(c) Moon.
(d) Line.

7. Quichotte's second letter to Salma R begins when he declares himself to be a what?
(a) A martyr.
(b) A sleepwalker.
(c) A ghost.
(d) A hero.

8. The television show used by Quichotte to instruct Sancho in the ways of love first aired in which year?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1965.

9. What adjective does the narrator apply to the reader while speaking directly to the reader in the novel's fourth chapter?
(a) Patient.
(b) Loving.
(c) Dear.
(d) Kind.

10. Sancho muses near the end of the novel's sixth chapter that for some people, what kind of narrative is always attractive?
(a) Bildungsroman.
(b) Flash fiction.
(c) Carnivalesque.
(d) Quest.

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

12. The character referred to as Sister is described as being from which part of the world?
(a) Eastern Europe.
(b) South Asia.
(c) Australia.
(d) South America.

13. In the novel's third chapter, the mother of Miss Salma R. is likened to whom?
(a) Rita Hayworth.
(b) Marilyn Monroe.
(c) Athena.
(d) Glinda the Good Witch.

14. Quichotte tells Sancho at the start of the seventh chapter that "Love is" (94) what?
(a) Strange.
(b) All-encompassing.
(c) An audition.
(d) A rose.

15. In what position does Hoke work for Miss Salma R.?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Dog walker.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Chauffeur.

Short Answer Questions

1. Quichotte instructs Sancho in the wisdom to be gleaned from which television show?

2. Quichotte lives "at a series of temporary addresses across" (1) which country?

3. When Quichotte notes a wasted asset of Quichotte's, what item does he name?

4. Three generations of whose family are said to suffer from struggles with mental health?

5. Which country is NOT one of the three settings featured within the novel, according to the narrator in the fourth chapter?

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