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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 near the end of the first chapter that what event will occur if they fail on their quest?
(a) Miss Salma R. will cease to exist.
(b) Quichotte will be fired.
(c) Sancho will cease to exist.
(d) Quichotte will cease to exist.

2. Quichotte instructs Sancho in the wisdom to be gleaned from which television show?
(a) The Dating Game.
(b) The Love Connection.
(c) Jeopardy.
(d) Wheel of Fortune.

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) Quichotte is older than DuChamp.
(d) They are the same age.

4. About how old is Sancho?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

5. Which country is NOT one of the three settings featured within the novel, according to the narrator in the fourth chapter?
(a) India.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Canada.
(d) The United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sancho muses near the end of the novel's sixth chapter that for some people, what kind of narrative is always attractive?

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

3. The character referred to as Sister is described as being from which part of the world?

4. The television show used by Quichotte to instruct Sancho in the ways of love first aired in which year?

5. In what country was Quichotte born and raised?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the significance of Brother's use of the second person point of view in the novel's fourth chapter?

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

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

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

8. In what setting does the novel's fourth chapter take place?

9. Who is Sam DuChamp?

10. What is Miss Salma R's history in relation to marriage?

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