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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. About how old is Sancho?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

2. Three generations of whose family are said to suffer from struggles with mental health?
(a) Sancho.
(b) DuChamp.
(c) Miss Salma R.
(d) Quichotte.

3. Sancho states that Quichotte, whom he calls Dad, is how many years old?
(a) 70.
(b) 60.
(c) 50.
(d) 80.

4. What language is spoken by the talking insect encountered by Sancho and Quichotte in the novel's seventh chapter?
(a) Italian.
(b) Spanish.
(c) English.
(d) French.

5. Sancho reports that Quichotte lost which member of his family when he was only three years old?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His sister.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what form of media is Quichotte addicted, as revealed in the first chapter of the novel?

3. What is the relationship between the age of Quichotte and the age of DuChamp?

4. Quichotte's second letter to Salma R begins when he declares himself to be a what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Sam DuChamp?

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

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

4. What is the significance of Brother's comment about the novel entitled Quichotte having a story that is "plural and sprawling"?

5. In what way is irony used to portray the depths of Dr. Smile's deceitful ways?

6. Describe at least two different levels of reality introduced within the first two chapters of Quichotte.

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

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

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

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

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