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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. In the third chapter of the novel, Miss Salma R.'s grandmother is likened to whom?
(a) Fay Wray.
(b) Natalie Wood.
(c) Grace Kelly.
(d) Greta Garbo.

2. Against whose advice did Miss Salma R trust and love her maternal grandfather, Babajan?
(a) Her grandmother's.
(b) Her aunt's and her mother's.
(c) Her sister's and her mother's.
(d) Her mother's and her grandmother's.

3. 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.

4. In what manner did Miss Salma R's mother and grandmother both die?
(a) Drug overdose.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Homicide.

5. In what city is Sam DuChamp said to be based?
(a) Mumbai.
(b) Paris.
(c) New York City.
(d) Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which cartoon character is Thayer said to resemble?

2. In the novel's second chapter, what new information is revealed about Quichotte?

3. What emotion does Sancho experience when he gets too far away from Quichotte?

4. Quichotte and Sancho arrive in New York City toward the end of which month?

5. 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?

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