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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. With what name does Quichotte sign the first letter he sends to Miss Salma R.?
(a) Dr. Smile.
(b) A Secret Admirer.
(c) Quichotte.
(d) Mr. X.

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

3. Quichotte decides in the novel's first chapter that Sancho is "approximately the same hue as" (19) which character?
(a) Miss Salma R.
(b) DuChamp.
(c) The cricket.
(d) Ismail.

4. Quichotte tells Sancho near the end of the first chapter that what event will occur if they fail on their quest?
(a) Quichotte will cease to exist.
(b) Sancho will cease to exist.
(c) Miss Salma R. will cease to exist.
(d) Quichotte will be fired.

5. What object in Sancho's possession does Quichotte recognize from an old photo of himself?
(a) A pair of sunglasses.
(b) A set of spurs.
(c) A baseball cap.
(d) A pair of boots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miss Salma R. is said to have gone from which location to Hollywood?

2. Which country is NOT one of the three settings featured within the novel, according to the narrator in the fourth chapter?

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

4. What is the name of Miss Salma R.'s mother?

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

(see the answer key)

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