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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. Quichotte lives "at a series of temporary addresses across" (1) which country?
(a) The United States.
(b) India.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) Chad.

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

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

4. What is the relationship that exists between Dr. R.K. Smile and Quichotte?
(a) Stepbrothers.
(b) Brothers.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Brothers-in-law.

5. In the third chapter, Quichotte sends Miss Salma R. a note containing how many words?
(a) 12.
(b) 3.
(c) 198.
(d) 73.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does Sancho experience when he gets too far away from Quichotte?

2. The narrator opens the fourth chapter of the novel by stating, "They do things differently" (53) in which country?

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

4. In what type of restaurant does Sancho realize that only Quichotte can see or hear him?

5. What adjective does the narrator apply to the reader while speaking directly to the reader in the novel's fourth chapter?

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