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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Eliot Rosewater educated?
(a) In the South and in Europe.
(b) On the West Coast and in Japan.
(c) In Europe and Hawaii.
(d) On the East Coast and in Europe.

2. When Eliot calls Sylvia from Indiana, what does he say is the one remaining independent business in the town?
(a) F.W. Woolworth's.
(b) Roman taffy factory.
(c) Carp bones.
(d) NIght-crawlers.

3. What runs through the Parthenon in the middle of the town of Rosewater?
(a) The canal and the stream outside of the mansion.
(b) The canal and the bus terminal.
(c) The New York Central, Monon, and Nickel Plate Railroads, and the canal.
(d) The canal and The Illinois Central Railway lines.

4. How does Eliot's father react when he hears of Eliot's drunken behavior?
(a) He goes on a tyrade and accuses Eliot of ruining his career.
(b) He refuses to worry, stating "Eliot's got fiber, he's got spine."
(c) He tells Sylvia to take Eliot to Europe for six weeks.
(d) He demands that Eliot check into a hospital.

5. What is Eliot's title with the fire department in Rosewater when he is a child?
(a) He is the spokesperson for the Volunteer Fire Department of Rosewater.
(b) He is the honorary fire chief of the Volunteer Fire Department of Rosewater.
(c) He is the youngest member of the Volunteer Fire Department of Rosewater.
(d) He is the mascot of the Volunteer Fire Department of Rosewater.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kilgore Trout do for a living?

2. What does Eliot tell Sylvia will be his "work of art?"

3. What does Eliot do after the war?

4. What does Eliot talk about, to people idling in front of a fire station, that later gets him arrested?

5. What meeting does Eliot attend in Milford, Pennsylvania?

(see the answer key)

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