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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 object is Lance Makioka holding on his lap when he confronts Brother in Brother's own home?
2. What is NOT an action taken by the "giant mosaic portraits" (215) on the walls of the subway station in Chapter 14?
3. How does Sancho react when the woman in the cream house tells him to go away?
4. Which meteorological element is NOT part of the weather that greets Quichotte and Sancho in New York City?
5. The narrator states in the tenth chapter that the idea of Miss Salma R has by now become "a creation of" (145) all but which of the following things in Quichotte's mind?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which character wants to facilitate a reconciliation between Brother and Sister and why?
2. For what reason do Quichotte and Sancho visit Lake Capote in Colorado?
3. How do Son's parents discover what happened to Son after his sudden disappearance?
4. For what reason do Quichotte and Sancho stop in Berenger, New Jersey before they make their way into New York City?
5. What action finally results in a reunion between Brother and Sister and who takes that action?
6. How do Quichotte and Sancho escape from the mastodons in Berenger, New Jersey?
7. Under what circumstances does Son disappear for several weeks?
8. 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?
9. For what reason does Rushdie utilize a gambling metaphor within Chapter 13 of Part Two?
10. What odd accessory does Sancho notice around the white lady's neck as he and Quichotte leave Lake Capote?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explicate the theme of courage within Quichotte. What is Rushdie’s message regarding courage and how do you know?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Rushdie's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text of Quichotte.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Quichotte and one of the novel's main messages. How does Rushdie make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?
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