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

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

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

4. Sancho decides in the novel's tenth chapter that Quichotte is "truly" (145) what?
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Cuckoo.
(c) Honorable.
(d) Rich.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Quichotte tells Sancho that "Human life is mostly" (150) what?

2. When Quichotte and Sancho find themselves arriving in New York City in Chapter 13, what form of transportation had they used to get there?

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

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

5. What level of school was Son attending at the time when he dropped out?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Rushdie utilize a gambling metaphor within Chapter 13 of Part Two?

2. What is the significance of Brother's encounter with the "mosaic portraits of authors and musicians" (213) in the subway station?

3. What is the symbolism of Babajan's laugh, as revealed in the novel's eleventh chapter?

4. For what reason do Quichotte and Sancho stop in Berenger, New Jersey before they make their way into New York City?

5. What positive traits does Miss Salma R come to believe Quichotte possesses, after reading two of his letters?

6. What action finally results in a reunion between Brother and Sister and who takes that action?

7. What odd accessory does Sancho notice around the white lady's neck as he and Quichotte leave Lake Capote?

8. On whose behalf is Anderson Thayer meeting with Dr. R. K. Smile in the novel's eleventh chapter?

9. What element is said to be desired by Sancho more than any other?

10. For what reason do Quichotte and Sancho visit Lake Capote in Colorado?

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