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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sancho's most distinctive feature?
(a) He exists in black-and-white.
(b) He is mute.
(c) He has red hair.
(d) He has a bionic leg.

2. What city is named as "the capital of Indian America," (66) according to the narrator?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Philadelphia.

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

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

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

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

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

8. In what way are Sancho and Quichotte related?
(a) They are brothers.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They are father and son.
(d) They are grandfather and grandson.

9. Quichotte tells Sancho at the start of the seventh chapter that "Love is" (94) what?
(a) All-encompassing.
(b) An audition.
(c) A rose.
(d) Strange.

10. DuChamp's sibling known as Sister lives in a neighborhood in what section of London?
(a) East.
(b) South.
(c) West.
(d) North.

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

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

13. Sancho considers himself to have been born in which location?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Central Park.
(c) DuChamp's mind.
(d) Wyoming.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator apologizes in the seventh chapter for forgetting to tell the reader about what item inside the trunk of Quichotte's car?

3. In what type of restaurant does Sancho realize that only Quichotte can see or hear him?

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

5. What is the nature of the quarrel that developed between Sister and DuChamp?

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