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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Quichotte and Sancho arrive in New York City toward the end of which month?
(a) June.
(b) April.
(c) September.
(d) October.

2. Thayer listens to which character speak to an audience at a conference featured in the novel's eleventh chapter?
(a) Thayer.
(b) Quichotte.
(c) Dr. Smile.
(d) Miss Salma R.

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

8. Quichotte tells Sancho that "the only antidote to human misery is" (150) what?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Community.
(c) Love.
(d) Mystery.

9. In which city does Thayer attend a conference in the eleventh chapter of the novel?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) New York City.
(d) Seattle.

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

11. How does Sancho react when the woman in the cream house tells him to go away?
(a) He breaks the window.
(b) He leaves a note.
(c) He cries.
(d) He screams.

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

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

14. The night Quichotte and Sancho stay in a motel in Berenger, New Jersey, they plan to enter which city the following morning?
(a) Newark.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York City.

15. How does the narrator define the nationality of Ex-Wife, Brother's former spouse?
(a) French.
(b) British.
(c) American.
(d) Turkish.

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

3. While thinking about the subway posters in Chapter 14, Brother declares himself to be what kind of writer?

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

5. Which character "sometimes" has the "strange thought" (152) that maybe someone had created Quichotte just like Quichotte had created him?

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