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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Miss Salma R.'s grandmother?
(a) Miss Michelle R.
(b) Miss Racine R.
(c) Miss Layla R.
(d) Miss Dina R.

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

3. The product that made a fortune for Smile Pharmaceuticals Inc is fentanyl in what form?
(a) A spray.
(b) A popsicle.
(c) A lollipop.
(d) A drink.

4. Once Dr. Smile's "enterprises" mysteriously end "in ruins," (69) many people will attribute the downfall to which trait?
(a) Envy.
(b) Foolishness.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Greed.

5. In the third chapter, Quichotte sends Miss Salma R. a note containing how many words?
(a) 73.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 198.

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

7. In which direction do Sancho and Quichotte head on Highway 160 in the seventh chapter?
(a) South.
(b) East.
(c) West.
(d) North.

8. In which city does Dr. Smile live, according to the narrator of the novel's fifth chapter?
(a) Juarez.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) El Paso.
(d) New York City.

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

10. To what form of media is Quichotte addicted, as revealed in the first chapter of the novel?
(a) Romance novels.
(b) Graphic novels.
(c) Television.
(d) Movies.

11. Dr. Smile allows people to think that his ancestors had taken which action?
(a) Created Mount Rushmore.
(b) Swum the English Channel.
(c) Come over on the Mayflower.
(d) Burned as witches.

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

13. Sancho reports that Quichotte lost which member of his family when he was only three years old?
(a) His mother.
(b) His sister.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

14. 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 gods.
(c) The spirits.
(d) The stars.

15. During Miss Salma R's severe manic episode, she spent an astronomical amount of money on what types of objects?
(a) Pieces of jewelry.
(b) Sports cars.
(c) Fur coats.
(d) Works of art.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sancho considers himself to have been born in which location?

2. In what way are Sancho and Quichotte related?

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

4. DuChamp's sibling known as Sister lives in a neighborhood in what section of London?

5. About how old is Sancho?

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