This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Chapter 9: An Unpleasantness at Lake Capote, and Subsequent Disturbances in Reality - Chapter 11: Dr. Smile Meets Mr. Thayer; and a Grandfather Emerges From the Past to Haunt the Present.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the seventh chapter of the novel, Quichotte and Sancho encounter what type of talking insect?
(a) A praying mantis.
(b) A cricket.
(c) A ladybug.
(d) An aphed.

2. Sancho considers himself to have been born in which location?
(a) Michigan.
(b) DuChamp's mind.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) Central Park.

3. Quichotte instructs Sancho in the wisdom to be gleaned from which television show?
(a) Jeopardy.
(b) The Love Connection.
(c) Wheel of Fortune.
(d) The Dating Game.

4. What city is named as "the capital of Indian America," (66) according to the narrator?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Philadelphia.

5. What is the title of Dr. Smile and his wife's special song?
(a) Everything's Coming Up Roses.
(b) When You're Smiling.
(c) Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.
(d) Afternoon Delight.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in the tenth chapter that the idea of Miss Salma R has by now become "a creation of" (145) all but which of the following things in Quichotte's mind?

2. How many spy novels has Sam DuChamp written by the time he embarks on a work of experimental fiction?

3. Three generations of whose family are said to suffer from struggles with mental health?

4. In what way are Sancho and Quichotte related?

5. What language is spoken by the talking insect encountered by Sancho and Quichotte in the novel's seventh chapter?

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