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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Quichotte is described as often finding "himself incapable of distinguishing between" (2) which two elements?
(a) Night and day.
(b) Illusion and reality.
(c) Good and evil.
(d) Surrealism and hyperrealism.

5. In which city did Miss Salma R once have a severe manic episode?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Portland.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the third chapter, Quichotte sends Miss Salma R. a note containing how many words?

2. In what state is the Lake Capote Recreation Area?

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

4. In what position does Hoke work for Miss Salma R.?

5. Sancho states that Quichotte, whom he calls Dad, is how many years old?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Rushdie allude to the Hollywood stars Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo in the third chapter of Quichotte?

2. In what way does the theme of appearance versus reality surface in relation to the novel's protagonist, Quichotte?

3. What type of insect appears to Sancho and to what text is Rushdie alluding with this scene in the novel's seventh chapter?

4. Describe at least two different levels of reality introduced within the first two chapters of Quichotte.

5. Discuss the malady that Miss Salma R's inherited from her mother and grandmother.

6. Who is Sam DuChamp?

7. Describe Sancho's overall impressions of his father Quichotte.

8. What eventuality concerning Dr. R. K. Smile's career is revealed in the novel's fifth chapter?

9. What is the nature of the quest to which the title of Chapter 1 of Quichotte refers?

10. For what purpose does Quichotte use an allusion to The Dating Game to teach Sancho about love?

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