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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. A certain novel's contents alerts Sancho to the lesson that which element is "the key to survival" (129)?
(a) Resignation.
(b) Detachment.
(c) Denial.
(d) Boredom.

2. What is the relationship between the age of Quichotte and the age of DuChamp?
(a) DuChamp is older than Quichotte.
(b) Quichotte is older than DuChamp.
(c) They are the same age.
(d) Quichotte is twice the age of DuChamp.

3. Which adjective is used to describe the noise Quichotte and Sancho hear when they get ready to check in to the motor inn in New Jersey?
(a) Buzzy.
(b) Trumpeting.
(c) Blasting.
(d) Whining.

4. Which term does the narrator apply to Dr. Smile in the novel's fifth chapter?
(a) Billionaire.
(b) Octagenarian.
(c) Philanthropist.
(d) Millionaire.

5. On what holiday does the ninth chapter of Part Two begin?
(a) Memorial Day.
(b) Christmas Day.
(c) Labor Day.
(d) The Fourth of July.

Short Answer Questions

1. Quichotte instructs Sancho in the wisdom to be gleaned from which television show?

2. While thinking about the subway posters in Chapter 14, Brother declares himself to be what kind of writer?

3. In the novel's third chapter, the mother of Miss Salma R. is likened to whom?

4. In the third chapter of the novel, Miss Salma R.'s grandmother is likened to whom?

5. How old was Miss Salma R when Babajan, her maternal grandfather, first kissed her on the mouth?

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