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

2. In the novel's third chapter, the mother of Miss Salma R. is likened to whom?
(a) Marilyn Monroe.
(b) Glinda the Good Witch.
(c) Rita Hayworth.
(d) Athena.

3. From what malady does DuChamp suffer, according to the narrator?
(a) Depression.
(b) Gout.
(c) Tennis elbow.
(d) An aching back.

4. How old was Miss Salma R when Babajan, her maternal grandfather, first kissed her on the mouth?
(a) 16.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which fairy tale character is Thayer said to resemble?

2. In which city does Thayer attend a conference in the eleventh chapter of the novel?

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

4. In the seventh chapter of the novel, Quichotte and Sancho encounter what type of talking insect?

5. Quichotte lives "at a series of temporary addresses across" (1) which country?

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