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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Chapter 5: Quichotte’s Cousin, the “Good” Dr. Smile, is a Man of Many Secrets - Chapter 8: Wherein, Turning Away the Brightness of the Beloved, We Examine Her Darkness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the nature of the quarrel that developed between Sister and DuChamp?
(a) Logistical.
(b) Territorial.
(c) Financial.
(d) Romantic.

2. Miss Salma R is a third-generation sufferer of which malady?
(a) Migraines.
(b) Anemia.
(c) Asthma.
(d) Bipolar disorder.

3. The narrator opens the fourth chapter of the novel by stating, "They do things differently" (53) in which country?
(a) England.
(b) India.
(c) France.
(d) The United States.

4. In which city did Miss Salma R once have a severe manic episode?
(a) Portland.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Seattle.
(d) San Francisco.

5. What kind of a name is Sam DuChamp, according to the narrator of the novel's second chapter?
(a) A pen name.
(b) An Anglicized name.
(c) An alias.
(d) A palindrome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the product that made Smile Pharmaceuticals Inc their fortune?

2. Quichotte's second letter to Salma R begins when he declares himself to be a what?

3. How many spy novels has Sam DuChamp written by the time he embarks on a work of experimental fiction?

4. In the novel's third chapter, the mother of Miss Salma R. is likened to whom?

5. The narrator apologizes in the seventh chapter for forgetting to tell the reader about what item inside the trunk of Quichotte's car?

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