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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a name is Sam DuChamp, according to the narrator of the novel's second chapter?

2. In which direction do Sancho and Quichotte head on Highway 160 in the seventh chapter?

3. Miss Salma R. is said to have gone from which location to Hollywood?

4. What type of education did Sister complete against her parents' wishes?

5. Miss Salma R is a third-generation sufferer of which malady?

Short Essay Questions

1. What major transition in Miss Salma R's life came shortly before the onset of her problems with addictive behaviors?

2. For what purpose does Quichotte use an allusion to The Dating Game to teach Sancho about love?

3. In what way does the theme of appearance versus reality surface in relation to the novel's protagonist, Quichotte?

4. What is the significance of Brother's use of the second person point of view in the novel's fourth chapter?

5. What is the nature of the quest to which the title of Chapter 1 of Quichotte refers?

6. In what setting does the novel's fourth chapter take place?

7. In what way does Rushdie use the subject of the quest narrative to illustrate qualities of Sancho's personality?

8. What type of insect appears to Sancho and to what text is Rushdie alluding with this scene in the novel's seventh chapter?

9. What was the catalyst for Miss Salma R's doctors' decision to prescribe electroconvulsive therapy treatments?

10. For what reason does Rushdie allude to the Hollywood stars Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo in the third chapter of Quichotte?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Rushdie's treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within the text of Quichotte.

Essay Topic 2

What messages does Rushdie send to the audience about the themes of isolation and outreach?

Essay Topic 3

How are the topics of romantic relationships, love, and sex treated within the novel Quichotte and how does their treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?

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