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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, Chapter 16: The Trampoline Tells Sancho and Quichotte an Old Tale of Betrayal, and the Path is Opened - Chapter 21: Wherein the World Explodes and the Wayfarer Becomes Timeless.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character has ceased to exist by the time Chapter 19 comes to a close?
(a) Evel Cent.
(b) Quichotte.
(c) Sancho.
(d) Miss Salma R.

2. Sancho states in the sixth chapter that the difference between himself and God is that "God has a" (71) what?
(a) Plan.
(b) Mother.
(c) Job.
(d) Dream.

3. In which part of his body does Quichotte feel pain when he is getting ready to enter the Human Trampoline's home?
(a) His head.
(b) His ears.
(c) His chest.
(d) His knees.

4. The narrator apologizes in the seventh chapter for forgetting to tell the reader about what item inside the trunk of Quichotte's car?
(a) A picnic basket.
(b) A tent.
(c) A gun.
(d) A bicycle.

5. A clip from Miss Salma R.'s popular spy show went viral and forever after, she has been associated her with which sea creature?
(a) The starfish.
(b) The octopus.
(c) The seahorse.
(d) The jellyfish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rushdie likens Quichotte to which character featured in The Wizard of Oz?

2. In the seventh chapter of the novel, Quichotte and Sancho encounter what type of talking insect?

3. What word is painted onto the forecourt of the cream-colored house "below a small OM sign"? (353)

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

5. On which other character is the fictional character of the Human Trampoline based?

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