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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Chapter 1: Quichotte, an Old Man, Falls in Love, Embarks on a Quest, and Becomes a Father - Chapter 4: Brother’s Sister Recalls Their Quarrel, and Is Involved in a Different Altercation.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When discussing Sam DuChamp in the second chapter, the narrator says, "We will call him" (21) by what name?
(a) Father.
(b) Rival.
(c) Brother.
(d) Cousin.

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

4. The narrator describes the whole of Rushdie's novel by using which two adjectives?
(a) Plural and sprawling.
(b) Fragmented and hallucinatory.
(c) Lithe and supple.
(d) Quick and dirty.

5. DuChamp's sibling known as Sister lives in a neighborhood in what section of London?
(a) East.
(b) South.
(c) North.
(d) West.

Short Answer Questions

1. Quichotte lives "at a series of temporary addresses across" (1) which country?

2. What kind of a name is Sam DuChamp, according to the narrator of the novel's second chapter?

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

4. What object in Sancho's possession does Quichotte recognize from an old photo of himself?

5. What type of education did Sister complete against her parents' wishes?

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