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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who put in the canal bisecting the county of Rosewater?
(a) Eliot's great-grandfather.
(b) Eliot's grandfather when he took over the Foundation.
(c) Eliot's uncle who was a farmer.
(d) Eliot's father when he became a senator.

2. From where is Eliot's first letter to Sylvia written after he leaves New York?
(a) Houston, Texas.
(b) Princeton, New Jersey.
(c) Indianapolis, Indiana.
(d) Elsinore, California.

3. When Sylvia asks Eliot where he is calling from, how does he reply?
(a) "From nowhere you can understand."
(b) "From a phonebooth in the midwest."
(c) "From a railroad station up east."
(d) "From a drab little American anywhere."

4. How old is Eliot Rosewater when Mushari begins to investigate him?
(a) Forty-six.
(b) Fifty-six.
(c) Forty-nine.
(d) Thirty-six.

5. Where does Fred Rosewater have coffee and Danish each morning?
(a) The Pisquontuit Diner.
(b) The Pisquontuit News Store and the Pisquontuit Drug Store.
(c) The Pisquontuit Restaurant.
(d) The Pisquontuit Tavern.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Selena writing a letter while Fred is asleep on his boat?

2. Who is referred to as "The Nut," "The Saint," and "The Holy Roller?"

3. How does Eliot meet Sylvia?

4. What does the coded shorthand AW mean in Eliot's ledger?

5. What does Fred do with his father's written bequest?

(see the answer key)

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