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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Discussing New York City in Chapter 13, the narrator states that the city glistens "in the morning like a new" (193) what?
(a) Start.
(b) Opportunity.
(c) Promise.
(d) Life.

2. Quichotte and Sancho arrive in New York City toward the end of which month?
(a) September.
(b) April.
(c) June.
(d) October.

3. Who tells Brother and Ex-Wife that Son is alive and well, but he does not want to be contacted?
(a) Son's girlfriend.
(b) Daughter.
(c) A police officer.
(d) A receptionist.

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

5. Which fairy tale character is Thayer said to resemble?
(a) King Midas.
(b) Hansel.
(c) Goldilocks.
(d) Rumpelstiltskin.

6. Which character "sometimes" has the "strange thought" (152) that maybe someone had created Quichotte just like Quichotte had created him?
(a) The Human Trampoline.
(b) Brother.
(c) Dr. R. K. Smile.
(d) Sancho.

7. The night Quichotte and Sancho stay in a motel in Berenger, New Jersey, they plan to enter which city the following morning?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Newark.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York City.

8. Over what type of game do Brother and Sister reconnect and begin to renew their bond in Chapter 15?
(a) Stratego.
(b) Checkers.
(c) Scrabble.
(d) Chess.

9. What is Sancho's main desire, as revealed in the novel's ninth chapter?
(a) A girlfriend.
(b) A career.
(c) A home.
(d) A car of his own.

10. While thinking about the subway posters in Chapter 14, Brother declares himself to be what kind of father?
(a) Bad.
(b) Pitiful.
(c) Passable.
(d) Fair.

11. According to Brother, on whom is the character of Miss Salma R based?
(a) Daughter.
(b) The Human Trampoline.
(c) Sister.
(d) No one.

12. Which adjective is used to describe the noise Quichotte and Sancho hear when they get ready to check in to the motor inn in New Jersey?
(a) Whining.
(b) Blasting.
(c) Trumpeting.
(d) Buzzy.

13. In what location is Sancho walking when he is accosted and attacked by a group of white men in suits?
(a) Ghiradelli Square.
(b) Piccadilly Circus.
(c) Times Square.
(d) Central Park.

14. What type of accent does Jonesco have, according to the narrator?
(a) Eastern European.
(b) Irish..
(c) Brazilian.
(d) Russian.

15. What is NOT an action taken by the "giant mosaic portraits" (215) on the walls of the subway station in Chapter 14?
(a) They stare at him.
(b) They judge him.
(c) They ignore him.
(d) They find him wanting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thayer listens to which character speak to an audience at a conference featured in the novel's eleventh chapter?

2. In which city does Thayer attend a conference in the eleventh chapter of the novel?

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

4. Jonesco, the motel clerk at the Jonesco Motor Inn, mutters under his breath about the need for what objects?

5. What is NOT a reason Sancho provides when he names four reasons why people go to New York City?

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