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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. When Quichotte insists that he and Sancho must give up their desires and attachments, which element of life does he declare exempt?
(a) Television.
(b) The beloved.
(c) Food.
(d) Gasoline.

2. What element obscures Quichotte's view of the creatures chasing him and Sancho in Chapter 12?
(a) A building.
(b) Sancho's hand.
(c) Driving rain.
(d) Fog.

3. To what form of media is Quichotte addicted, as revealed in the first chapter of the novel?
(a) Romance novels.
(b) Movies.
(c) Graphic novels.
(d) Television.

4. When Rushdie uses a gambling metaphor in Chapter 13, he portrays Quichotte as "betting on" (192) what?
(a) Love.
(b) Trust.
(c) Success.
(d) Compassion.

5. To which celebrity does the narrator liken Miss Salma R. while calling her "America's 2.0" (85)?
(a) Madonna.
(b) Hillary Clinton.
(c) Oprah Winfrey.
(d) Whoopi Goldberg.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Brother and Son acquire the Chevy Cruze they use for a weekend road trip depicted in Chapter 20 of Part Three?

2. In the third chapter, Quichotte sends Miss Salma R. a note containing how many words?

3. Sancho decides in the novel's tenth chapter that Quichotte is "truly" (145) what?

4. In what manner did Miss Salma R's mother and grandmother both die?

5. In what city is Sam DuChamp said to be based?

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