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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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) An aphed.
(c) A ladybug.
(d) A cricket.

2. In the novel's second chapter, what new information is revealed about Quichotte?
(a) He is immortal.
(b) He is a fictional character.
(c) He is a young man.
(d) He has forgotten how to love.

3. Quichotte tells Sancho in the seventh chapter, "I brought you into existence by the powers of my wishing and the kindness of" what?
(a) The angels.
(b) The spirits.
(c) The stars.
(d) The gods.

4. How many unsuccessful marriages has Miss Salma R. had, according to the narrator in the eighth chapter?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 0.
(d) 2.

5. Which country is NOT one of the three settings featured within the novel, according to the narrator in the fourth chapter?
(a) Canada.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) The United States.
(d) India.

6. What is the name of the product that made Smile Pharmaceuticals Inc their fortune?
(a) InSmile.
(b) InStyle.
(c) InteriorSmile.
(d) InnerSpace.

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

8. Sancho states that Quichotte, whom he calls Dad, is how many years old?
(a) 60.
(b) 70.
(c) 50.
(d) 80.

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

10. In what type of restaurant does Sancho realize that only Quichotte can see or hear him?
(a) Burger King.
(b) Subway.
(c) Quick Greens.
(d) Green Burrito.

11. With what name does Quichotte sign the first letter he sends to Miss Salma R.?
(a) A Secret Admirer.
(b) Dr. Smile.
(c) Mr. X.
(d) Quichotte.

12. Rushdie likens Quichotte to which character featured in The Wizard of Oz?
(a) Dorothy.
(b) The Tin Man.
(c) The Scarecrow.
(d) Glinda.

13. Quichotte lives "at a series of temporary addresses across" (1) which country?
(a) The United States.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Chad.
(d) India.

14. When discussing Sam DuChamp in the second chapter, the narrator says, "We will call him" (21) by what name?
(a) Rival.
(b) Brother.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Father.

15. The narrator describes the whole of Rushdie's novel by using which two adjectives?
(a) Plural and sprawling.
(b) Lithe and supple.
(c) Fragmented and hallucinatory.
(d) Quick and dirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sancho muses near the end of the novel's sixth chapter that for some people, what kind of narrative is always attractive?

2. Quichotte decides in the novel's first chapter that Sancho is "approximately the same hue as" (19) which character?

3. In which direction do Sancho and Quichotte head on Highway 160 in the seventh chapter?

4. Miss Salma R is a third-generation sufferer of which malady?

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

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