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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 tells Sancho at the start of the seventh chapter that "Love is" (94) what?
(a) Strange.
(b) An audition.
(c) A rose.
(d) All-encompassing.

2. The television show used by Quichotte to instruct Sancho in the ways of love first aired in which year?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1995.

3. With what name does Quichotte sign the first letter he sends to Miss Salma R.?
(a) A Secret Admirer.
(b) Mr. X.
(c) Quichotte.
(d) Dr. Smile.

4. In the third chapter, Quichotte sends Miss Salma R. a note containing how many words?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 198.
(d) 73.

5. Miss Salma R is a third-generation sufferer of which malady?
(a) Bipolar disorder.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Anemia.
(d) Migraines.

Short Answer Questions

1. The product that made a fortune for Smile Pharmaceuticals Inc is fentanyl in what form?

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

3. In the seventh chapter of the novel, Quichotte and Sancho encounter what type of talking insect?

4. What is the name of Miss Salma R.'s mother?

5. What type of education did Sister complete against her parents' wishes?

Short Essay Questions

1. At what important realization does Sancho arrive while standing in a Subway restaurant in the novel's sixth chapter?

2. What type of correspondence does Quichotte use to communicate with Miss Salma R for the first time?

3. Describe the circumstances that lead to Quichotte becoming a father in Chapter 1 of the novel.

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

5. Who is Dr. R. K. Smile and in what way is he related to Quichotte?

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

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

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

9. Who is Sam DuChamp?

10. In what way does Rushdie use the subject of the quest narrative to illustrate qualities of Sancho's personality?

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