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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of establishment is the Blue Yorker, where Quichotte and Sancho intend to stay while in New York City?
(a) A hostel.
(b) A motor inn.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A shelter.

3. Quichotte tells Sancho in the novel's tenth chapter, "Only knowledge of" what "can save us now" (145)?
(a) The beloved.
(b) The divine.
(c) The past.
(d) Mortality.

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

5. Other than the knowledge inherited from Quichotte, what other source of knowledge does Sancho use to figure out "how the world works" (131)?
(a) Movies.
(b) Magazines.
(c) Television.
(d) Board games.

6. Thayer considers Dr. Smile to be particularly talented in which area?
(a) Lying.
(b) Schmoozing.
(c) Apologizing.
(d) Bragging.

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

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

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

10. 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) Sancho.
(c) Brother.
(d) Dr. R. K. Smile.

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

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

13. Quichotte takes a wrong turn somewhere between Toledo and which other city?
(a) Akron.
(b) Salt Lake City.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Detroit.

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

15. The narrator states in the tenth chapter that the idea of Miss Salma R has by now become "a creation of" (145) all but which of the following things in Quichotte's mind?
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Television images.
(c) Words.
(d) Regrets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Quichotte tells Sancho that "the only antidote to human misery is" (150) what?

2. What object is Lance Makioka holding on his lap when he confronts Brother in Brother's own home?

3. 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?

4. What criticism does Sancho make about Quichotte's driving skills?

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

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