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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Quichotte notes a wasted asset of Quichotte's, what item does he name?
(a) A large vocabulary.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Creativity.

2. To which celebrity does the narrator liken Miss Salma R. while calling her "America's 2.0" (85)?
(a) Hillary Clinton.
(b) Oprah Winfrey.
(c) Madonna.
(d) Whoopi Goldberg.

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

4. What kind of dance does Quichotte do in hopes of eliciting a sign about the journey's next move?
(a) Moon.
(b) Line.
(c) Sun.
(d) Square.

5. Quichotte tells Sancho in the seventh chapter, "No great quest, my boy, was ever achieved except by those with" (98) what?
(a) Courage.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Money.
(d) Faith.

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

7. In what state is the Lake Capote Recreation Area?
(a) California.
(b) Nevada.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Utah.

8. When Miss Salma R's doctors take her off lithium, they prescribe which treatments instead?
(a) Massage.
(b) Acupuncture.
(c) Hydrotherapy.
(d) Electroconvulsive.

9. Sancho muses near the end of the novel's sixth chapter that for some people, what kind of narrative is always attractive?
(a) Flash fiction.
(b) Bildungsroman.
(c) Quest.
(d) Carnivalesque.

10. What is the title of Dr. Smile and his wife's special song?
(a) Everything's Coming Up Roses.
(b) Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.
(c) Afternoon Delight.
(d) When You're Smiling.

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

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

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

14. What language is spoken by the talking insect encountered by Sancho and Quichotte in the novel's seventh chapter?
(a) French.
(b) Italian.
(c) Spanish.
(d) English.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Sancho reports that Quichotte lost which member of his family when he was only three years old?

4. How many unsuccessful marriages has Miss Salma R. had, according to the narrator in the eighth chapter?

5. Quichotte is described as often finding "himself incapable of distinguishing between" (2) which two elements?

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