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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Chapter 12: A Sequence of Absurd Events During a Brief Sojourn in New Jersey - Chapter 15: Regarding Sister, and the Unforgivable Thing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Quichotte insists that he and Sancho must give up their desires and attachments, which element of life does he declare exempt?
(a) The beloved.
(b) Food.
(c) Gasoline.
(d) Television.

2. Quichotte tells Sancho at the start of the seventh chapter that "Love is" (94) what?
(a) A rose.
(b) All-encompassing.
(c) An audition.
(d) Strange.

3. How many security guards show up when "the white lady" (126) launches a racist verbal attack against Quichotte and Sancho at Lake Capote?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

4. In what manner did Miss Salma R's mother and grandmother both die?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Homicide.
(c) Drug overdose.
(d) Cancer.

5. In what country was Quichotte born and raised?
(a) Canada.
(b) India.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Pakistan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which cartoon character is Thayer said to resemble?

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

3. Which character "sometimes" has the "strange thought" (152) that maybe someone had created Quichotte just like Quichotte had created him?

4. From what novel's contents does Sancho learn "the key to survival" (129)?

5. For what purpose do Quichotte and Sancho visit Lake Capote?

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