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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. Discussing New York City in Chapter 13, the narrator states that the city glistens "in the morning like a new" (193) what?
(a) Life.
(b) Opportunity.
(c) Promise.
(d) Start.

2. Who sends an email message in Chapter 15 while pretending to be Sister?
(a) Daughter.
(b) Brother.
(c) Evel Cent.
(d) Sancho.

3. Who tells Brother and Ex-Wife that Son is alive and well, but he does not want to be contacted?
(a) Daughter.
(b) Son's girlfriend.
(c) A police officer.
(d) A receptionist.

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

5. How does Sancho react when the woman in the cream house tells him to go away?
(a) He screams.
(b) He cries.
(c) He breaks the window.
(d) He leaves a note.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Miss Salma R when Babajan, her maternal grandfather, first kissed her on the mouth?

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. The night Quichotte and Sancho stay in a motel in Berenger, New Jersey, they plan to enter which city the following morning?

4. What is Sancho's main desire, as revealed in the novel's ninth chapter?

5. Who bestowed the name of the Human Trampoline in Quichotte's sister, according to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What element does Sancho decide is the "key to survival" (129) in life and what is the source of his conclusion?

2. 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?

3. Which character wants to facilitate a reconciliation between Brother and Sister and why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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