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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. For what purpose do Quichotte and Sancho visit Lake Capote?
(a) To film a movie.
(b) To camp.
(c) To conduct a photo shoot.
(d) To build a treehouse.

2. Who sends an email message in Chapter 15 while pretending to be Sister?
(a) Daughter.
(b) Brother.
(c) Sancho.
(d) Evel Cent.

3. Which fairy tale character is Thayer said to resemble?
(a) Goldilocks.
(b) Hansel.
(c) Rumpelstiltskin.
(d) King Midas.

4. Quichotte promises to teach Sancho different dialects of which language?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Latin.
(c) French.
(d) Hindi.

5. What criticism does Sancho make about Quichotte's driving skills?
(a) He turns too hard.
(b) He drives too fast.
(c) He drives too slow.
(d) He brakes too quickly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Other than the knowledge inherited from Quichotte, what other source of knowledge does Sancho use to figure out "how the world works" (131)?

2. Who introduces Miss Salma R to her newest drug supplier, this time of fentanyl?

3. What type of establishment is the Blue Yorker, where Quichotte and Sancho intend to stay while in New York City?

4. In what location is Sancho walking when he is accosted and attacked by a group of white men in suits?

5. It is revealed in the eleventh chapter that Anderson Thayer considers himself to be the guardian of which character?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason do Quichotte and Sancho stop in Berenger, New Jersey before they make their way into New York City?

2. How do Son's parents discover what happened to Son after his sudden disappearance?

3. Under what circumstances does Son disappear for several weeks?

4. What odd accessory does Sancho notice around the white lady's neck as he and Quichotte leave Lake Capote?

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

6. How do Quichotte and Sancho escape from the mastodons in Berenger, New Jersey?

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

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

9. What is the setting of the novel's eleventh chapter?

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

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