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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. How does Sancho react when the woman in the cream house tells him to go away?

2. How many dialects of a particular language does Quichotte promise to teach Sancho on their way to New York City?

3. While thinking about the subway posters in Chapter 14, Brother declares himself to be what kind of father?

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

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

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 action finally results in a reunion between Brother and Sister and who takes that action?

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

4. On whose behalf is Anderson Thayer meeting with Dr. R. K. Smile in the novel's eleventh chapter?

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

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

7. What traumatic childhood scenario within Miss Salma R's childhood is explained in the novel's eleventh chapter?

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

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

10. What positive traits does Miss Salma R come to believe Quichotte possesses, after reading two of his letters?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of the final passages included at the end of Quichotte.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Quichotte and analyze Rushdie’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Rushdie’s novel Quichotte. What message is Rushdie sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?

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