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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what purpose do Quichotte and Sancho visit Lake Capote?
(a) To camp.
(b) To build a treehouse.
(c) To conduct a photo shoot.
(d) To film a movie.

2. Jonesco mysteriously examines which parts of Quichotte and Sancho's bodies in the novel's twelfth chapter?
(a) Ears.
(b) Elbows.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Knees.

3. What type of accent does Jonesco have, according to the narrator?
(a) Eastern European.
(b) Brazilian.
(c) Irish..
(d) Russian.

4. Jonesco, the motel clerk at the Jonesco Motor Inn, mutters under his breath about the need for what objects?
(a) Confessions.
(b) Shadows.
(c) Lies.
(d) Barricades.

5. Thayer possesses a counterfeit press pass stating affiliation with which periodical?
(a) San Francisco Chronicle.
(b) Miami Herald.
(c) New York Post.
(d) Washington Post.

6. From what novel's contents does Sancho learn "the key to survival" (129)?
(a) War and Peace.
(b) Moby Dick.
(c) Crime and Punishment.
(d) Madame Bovary.

7. When Brother and Ex-Wife speak with the police, they find that has Son chosen to take which action in relation to his family?
(a) To get therapy.
(b) To wage war.
(c) To resign.
(d) To move out on his own.

8. When Rushdie uses a gambling metaphor in Chapter 13, he portrays Quichotte as "betting on" (192) what?
(a) Success.
(b) Love.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Trust.

9. Quichotte and Sancho find in the twelfth chapter that many citizens of Berenger, New Jersey have transformed into what types of creatures?
(a) Hippopotamuses.
(b) Rhinoceroses.
(c) Centaurs.
(d) Mastadons.

10. Long after it is over, Quichotte and Sancho both feel what way about the incident at Lake Capote with the white lady?
(a) Disturbed.
(b) Encouraged.
(c) Comforted.
(d) Appeased.

11. On which other character is the fictional character of the Human Trampoline based?
(a) Daughter.
(b) Miss Salma R.
(c) Sister.
(d) Jonesco.

12. What element obscures Quichotte's view of the creatures chasing him and Sancho in Chapter 12?
(a) Driving rain.
(b) Sancho's hand.
(c) Fog.
(d) A building.

13. In Chapter 15, the reader learns that Daughter uses what term to refer to her stepfather?
(a) The ranger.
(b) The pilot.
(c) The preacher.
(d) The judge.

14. It is revealed in the eleventh chapter that Anderson Thayer considers himself to be the guardian of which character?
(a) Miss Anise R.
(b) Miss Salma R.
(c) Sancho.
(d) DuChamp.

15. After how many hours does Brother respond to the email he receives from Sister in Chapter 15?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over what type of game do Brother and Sister reconnect and begin to renew their bond in Chapter 15?

2. What kinds of objects does Thayer collect in case he wants to extort anything from Miss Salma R in the future?

3. According to Brother, on whom is the character of Miss Salma R based?

4. Sancho decides in the novel's tenth chapter that Quichotte is "truly" (145) what?

5. Against whose advice did Miss Salma R trust and love her maternal grandfather, Babajan?

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