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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. From what novel's contents does Sancho learn "the key to survival" (129)?
(a) Crime and Punishment.
(b) Madame Bovary.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) Moby Dick.

2. Once Jonesco has examined particular parts of Quichotte and Sancho's bodies, what term does he use in his diagnosis?
(a) Smooth.
(b) Small.
(c) Rough.
(d) Human.

3. Who introduces Miss Salma R to her newest drug supplier, this time of fentanyl?
(a) Dr. R. K. Smile.
(b) The Glock 22.
(c) Thayer.
(d) Quichotte.

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

5. What object is Lance Makioka holding on his lap when he confronts Brother in Brother's own home?
(a) A gun.
(b) An envelope.
(c) A knife.
(d) A photograph.

Short Answer Questions

1. What element obscures Quichotte's view of the creatures chasing him and Sancho in Chapter 12?

2. When Brother and Ex-Wife speak with the police, they find that has Son chosen to take which action in relation to his family?

3. When Rushdie uses a gambling metaphor in Chapter 13, he portrays Quichotte as "betting on" (192) what?

4. Quichotte tells Sancho that "the only antidote to human misery is" (150) what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Son's parents discover what happened to Son after his sudden disappearance?

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

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

4. What is the setting of the novel's eleventh chapter?

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

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

7. For what reason do Quichotte and Sancho stay at Lake Capote only briefly?

8. For what purpose does Rushdie use an allusion to Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick in Part Two, Chapter 9: An Unpleasantness at Lake Capote, and Subsequent Disturbances in Reality?

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

10. To what creature does Rushdie compare Quichotte as he is "driving the Cruze out of the Lincoln Tunnel into Manhattan" (192) and why?

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