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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 adjective does the narrator apply to the reader while speaking directly to the reader in the novel's fourth chapter?

2. The narrator apologizes in the seventh chapter for forgetting to tell the reader about what item inside the trunk of Quichotte's car?

3. In what position does Hoke work for Miss Salma R.?

4. Sancho states in the sixth chapter that the difference between himself and God is that "God has a" (71) what?

5. The narrator opens the fourth chapter of the novel by stating, "They do things differently" (53) in which country?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Sam DuChamp?

2. What is Miss Salma R's history in relation to marriage?

3. Discuss the malady that Miss Salma R's inherited from her mother and grandmother.

4. What type of correspondence does Quichotte use to communicate with Miss Salma R for the first time?

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

6. Who is Dr. R. K. Smile and in what way is he related to Quichotte?

7. Describe Sancho's overall impressions of his father Quichotte.

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

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

10. Provide three facts about Quichotte's life, as revealed in Chapter 1: Quichotte, an Old Man, Falls in Love, Embarks on a Quest, and Becomes a Father.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Rushdie from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?

Essay Topic 3

What ultimate message is Rushdie sending about the characteristics of life in the United States?

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