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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Chapter 9: An Unpleasantness at Lake Capote, and Subsequent Disturbances in Reality - Chapter 11: Dr. Smile Meets Mr. Thayer; and a Grandfather Emerges From the Past to Haunt the Present.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Quichotte tells Sancho that "the only antidote to human misery is" (150) what?
(a) Community.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Mystery.
(d) Love.

2. About how old is Sancho?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 5.

3. Rushdie likens Quichotte to which character featured in The Wizard of Oz?
(a) The Tin Man.
(b) The Scarecrow.
(c) Glinda.
(d) Dorothy.

4. Sancho states that Quichotte, whom he calls Dad, is how many years old?
(a) 70.
(b) 50.
(c) 80.
(d) 60.

5. In what type of restaurant does Sancho realize that only Quichotte can see or hear him?
(a) Subway.
(b) Burger King.
(c) Quick Greens.
(d) Green Burrito.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of dance does Quichotte do in hopes of eliciting a sign about the journey's next move?

2. Once Dr. Smile's "enterprises" mysteriously end "in ruins," (69) many people will attribute the downfall to which trait?

3. The narrator states in the tenth chapter that the idea of Miss Salma R has by now become "a creation of" (145) all but which of the following things in Quichotte's mind?

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

5. The narrator describes the whole of Rushdie's novel by using which two adjectives?

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