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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. Long after it is over, Quichotte and Sancho both feel what way about the incident at Lake Capote with the white lady?
(a) Disturbed.
(b) Encouraged.
(c) Appeased.
(d) Comforted.

2. What level of school was Son attending at the time when he dropped out?
(a) High school.
(b) Graduate school.
(c) Primary school.
(d) College.

3. A certain novel's contents alerts Sancho to the lesson that which element is "the key to survival" (129)?
(a) Detachment.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Denial.
(d) Resignation.

4. Quichotte takes a wrong turn somewhere between Toledo and which other city?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Salt Lake City.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Akron.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Jonesco, the motel clerk at the Jonesco Motor Inn, mutters under his breath about the need for what objects?

2. What type of accent does Jonesco have, according to the narrator?

3. Quichotte promises to teach Sancho different dialects of which language?

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

5. Which fairy tale character is Thayer said to resemble?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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