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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. When Brother and Ex-Wife speak with the police, they find that has Son chosen to take which action in relation to his family?
(a) To resign.
(b) To move out on his own.
(c) To wage war.
(d) To get therapy.

2. How many dialects of a particular language does Quichotte promise to teach Sancho on their way to New York City?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

3. In what manner did Miss Salma R's mother and grandmother both die?
(a) Drug overdose.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Homicide.

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

5. Which meteorological element is NOT part of the weather that greets Quichotte and Sancho in New York City?
(a) Hail.
(b) Rain.
(c) Lightning.
(d) Thunder.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who tells Brother and Ex-Wife that Son is alive and well, but he does not want to be contacted?

4. How many security guards show up when "the white lady" (126) launches a racist verbal attack against Quichotte and Sancho at Lake Capote?

5. What type of establishment is the Blue Yorker, where Quichotte and Sancho intend to stay while in New York City?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. How do Quichotte and Sancho escape from the mastodons in Berenger, New Jersey?

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

5. Under what circumstances does Son disappear for several weeks?

6. Describe the weather that greets Quichotte and Sancho when they finally arrive in New York City and discuss its significance.

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

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

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

10. What element does Quichotte name as "the only antidote for human misery" (156) and with whom does he share this information?

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