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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's second letter to Salma R begins when he declares himself to be a what?
(a) A martyr.
(b) A hero.
(c) A sleepwalker.
(d) A ghost.

2. When Miss Salma R's doctors take her off lithium, they prescribe which treatments instead?
(a) Electroconvulsive.
(b) Hydrotherapy.
(c) Massage.
(d) Acupuncture.

3. In which city does Dr. Smile live, according to the narrator of the novel's fifth chapter?
(a) El Paso.
(b) New York City.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Juarez.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What city is named as "the capital of Indian America," (66) according to the narrator?

3. During Miss Salma R's severe manic episode, she spent an astronomical amount of money on what types of objects?

4. To what form of media is Quichotte addicted, as revealed in the first chapter of the novel?

5. From what malady does DuChamp suffer, according to the narrator?

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