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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Against whose advice did Miss Salma R trust and love her maternal grandfather, Babajan?
(a) Her mother's and her grandmother's.
(b) Her grandmother's.
(c) Her aunt's and her mother's.
(d) Her sister's and her mother's.

2. How long ago did Brother lose touch with Son, according to Brother?
(a) Several months ago.
(b) Several weeks ago.
(c) Several years ago.
(d) Several decades ago.

3. When Chapter 14 begins, it is revealed that Brother has how many children?
(a) 1.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

4. What is Sancho's main desire, as revealed in the novel's ninth chapter?
(a) A girlfriend.
(b) A career.
(c) A car of his own.
(d) A home.

5. Which fairy tale character is Thayer said to resemble?
(a) King Midas.
(b) Hansel.
(c) Goldilocks.
(d) Rumpelstiltskin.

6. Discussing New York City in Chapter 13, the narrator states that the city glistens "in the morning like a new" (193) what?
(a) Start.
(b) Opportunity.
(c) Life.
(d) Promise.

7. Which meteorological element is NOT part of the weather that greets Quichotte and Sancho in New York City?
(a) Thunder.
(b) Lightning.
(c) Hail.
(d) Rain.

8. 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 resign.
(b) To get therapy.
(c) To move out on his own.
(d) To wage war.

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

10. The woman in the cream house is described as a member of which people?
(a) The Polish people.
(b) The Maori people.
(c) The Aztec people.
(d) The Telangana people.

11. Over what type of game do Brother and Sister reconnect and begin to renew their bond in Chapter 15?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Chess.
(c) Stratego.
(d) Scrabble.

12. Which adjective is used to describe the noise Quichotte and Sancho hear when they get ready to check in to the motor inn in New Jersey?
(a) Trumpeting.
(b) Whining.
(c) Buzzy.
(d) Blasting.

13. What is NOT an action taken by the "giant mosaic portraits" (215) on the walls of the subway station in Chapter 14?
(a) They find him wanting.
(b) They stare at him.
(c) They ignore him.
(d) They judge him.

14. Which character "sometimes" has the "strange thought" (152) that maybe someone had created Quichotte just like Quichotte had created him?
(a) The Human Trampoline.
(b) Dr. R. K. Smile.
(c) Brother.
(d) Sancho.

15. In what location is Sancho walking when he is accosted and attacked by a group of white men in suits?
(a) Ghiradelli Square.
(b) Piccadilly Circus.
(c) Central Park.
(d) Times Square.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thayer possesses a counterfeit press pass stating affiliation with which periodical?

2. To whom does Quichotte place a phone call at the end of Chapter 13 after tending to Sancho's wounds?

3. Who sends an email message in Chapter 15 while pretending to be Sister?

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

5. When Quichotte insists that he and Sancho must give up their desires and attachments, which element of life does he declare exempt?

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