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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. Who sends an email message in Chapter 15 while pretending to be Sister?
(a) Daughter.
(b) Evel Cent.
(c) Brother.
(d) Sancho.
2. Who tells Brother and Ex-Wife that Son is alive and well, but he does not want to be contacted?
(a) Daughter.
(b) A receptionist.
(c) Son's girlfriend.
(d) A police officer.
3. To whom does a particular character send an email message in Chapter 15 while pretending to be Sister?
(a) The Human Trampoline.
(b) Son.
(c) Miss Salma R.
(d) Brother.
4. Who introduces Miss Salma R to her newest drug supplier, this time of fentanyl?
(a) Dr. R. K. Smile.
(b) Thayer.
(c) Quichotte.
(d) The Glock 22.
5. What level of school was Son attending at the time when he dropped out?
(a) Primary school.
(b) High school.
(c) Graduate school.
(d) College.
Short Answer Questions
1. Quichotte and Sancho arrive in New York City toward the end of which month?
2. While thinking about the subway posters in Chapter 14, Brother declares himself to be what kind of writer?
3. When Quichotte insists that he and Sancho must give up their desires and attachments, which element of life does he declare exempt?
4. How many dialects of a particular language does Quichotte promise to teach Sancho on their way to New York City?
5. Quichotte urges Sancho not to be discouraged, saying that what element will be waiting for both of them the following day?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what reason do Quichotte and Sancho stop in Berenger, New Jersey before they make their way into New York City?
2. What is the significance of Brother's encounter with the "mosaic portraits of authors and musicians" (213) in the subway station?
3. Discuss an instance in the novel when humor is used to underscore the theme of absurdity.
4. For what reason does Rushdie utilize a gambling metaphor within Chapter 13 of Part Two?
5. 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?
6. What action finally results in a reunion between Brother and Sister and who takes that action?
7. How do Quichotte and Sancho escape from the mastodons in Berenger, New Jersey?
8. What element does Sancho decide is the "key to survival" (129) in life and what is the source of his conclusion?
9. How do Son's parents discover what happened to Son after his sudden disappearance?
10. What traumatic childhood scenario within Miss Salma R's childhood is explained in the novel's eleventh chapter?
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