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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which city does Thayer attend a conference in the eleventh chapter of the novel?
(a) New York City.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Phoenix.

2. What criticism does Sancho make about Quichotte's driving skills?
(a) He drives too slow.
(b) He brakes too quickly.
(c) He turns too hard.
(d) He drives too fast.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator define the nationality of Ex-Wife, Brother's former spouse?

2. 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?

3. Quichotte takes a wrong turn somewhere between Toledo and which other city?

4. What object is Lance Makioka holding on his lap when he confronts Brother in Brother's own home?

5. Over what type of game do Brother and Sister reconnect and begin to renew their bond in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what creature does Rushdie compare Quichotte as he is "driving the Cruze out of the Lincoln Tunnel into Manhattan" (192) and why?

2. How do Son's parents discover what happened to Son after his sudden disappearance?

3. Under what circumstances does Son disappear for several weeks?

4. What is the symbolism of Babajan's laugh, as revealed in the novel's eleventh chapter?

5. Which character wants to facilitate a reconciliation between Brother and Sister and why?

6. What positive traits does Miss Salma R come to believe Quichotte possesses, after reading two of his letters?

7. How do Quichotte and Sancho escape from the mastodons in Berenger, New Jersey?

8. For what reason do Quichotte and Sancho visit Lake Capote in Colorado?

9. For what purpose does Rushdie use an allusion to Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick in Part Two, Chapter 9: An Unpleasantness at Lake Capote, and Subsequent Disturbances in Reality?

10. What is the setting of the novel's eleventh chapter?

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