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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. What is the name of the product that made Smile Pharmaceuticals Inc their fortune?
(a) InStyle.
(b) InSmile.
(c) InteriorSmile.
(d) InnerSpace.

2. Miss Salma R is a third-generation sufferer of which malady?
(a) Bipolar disorder.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Anemia.
(d) Migraines.

3. In what city is Sam DuChamp said to be based?
(a) New York City.
(b) Mumbai.
(c) Paris.
(d) Berlin.

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

5. When Quichotte notes a wasted asset of Quichotte's, what item does he name?
(a) A large vocabulary.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Imagination.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. From what malady does DuChamp suffer, according to the narrator?

4. How many unsuccessful marriages has Miss Salma R. had, according to the narrator in the eighth chapter?

5. Quichotte tells Sancho in the seventh chapter, "I brought you into existence by the powers of my wishing and the kindness of" what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who is Sam DuChamp?

8. What two elements does Quichotte name as the components that came together to create Sancho?

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

10. Describe the circumstances that lead to Quichotte becoming a father in Chapter 1 of the novel.

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