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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eliot tell Sylvia will be his "work of art?"
(a) He is going to paint a mural on the bank wall.
(b) He is going to love the discarded Americans in the town.
(c) He is going to build an ast museum for the town.
(d) He is going to open a food kitchen.

2. How does the late night caller praise Eliot?
(a) "Thank you for all of your help."
(b) "God bless you, Mr. Rosewater."
(c) "Thank you for calling."
(d) "God bless you, Eliot."

3. In what town is Eliot arrested after leaving New York?
(a) Elisnore, California
(b) Austin, Texas
(c) Phoenix, Arizona
(d) Vashti, Texas

4. What happens at the opening of the opera Aida attended by Eliot and Sylvia?
(a) Eliot calls out to the singers in the middle of the opera.
(b) Eliot leaps off the balcony into the crowd.
(c) Eliot cries inconsolably at the end of the opera.
(d) Eliot goes to the restroom and does not return.

5. Who is the thirteen year old girl who comes in while Fred is reading the paper?
(a) Sally Rosewater, Fred's neice.
(b) Lila Buntline, daughter of Fred's wife's best friend.
(c) Norman Mushari.
(d) Kristen Buntline, daughter of Fred's wife's best friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first sentence of the novel, what is identified as a leading character in the story?

2. What happens when the Rosewater Inter-State Ship Canal fails?

3. What does Mushari do with the letter he finds in McAllister's files concerning the president of the Foundation?

4. What did Fred's father write and leave to him before dying?

5. When Sylvia asks Eliot where he is calling from, how does he reply?

(see the answer key)

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