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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Caroline leave out in the house that Fred compares to a pet anteater who sleeps in doorways?
(a) The Electolux vaccum cleaner.
(b) The box of Christmas decorations.
(c) The filled laundry basket.
(d) The basket filled with wood.

2. 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.

3. Why did Caroline marry Fred?
(a) If he changed careers, he could be a millionaire.
(b) If he sold insurance, he would be rich someday.
(c) If he lived in Pisquontuit and went to Harvard, he must be rich.
(d) If he sold his boat, he would be rich.

4. Where does Eliot Rosewater attend law school?
(a) Yale.
(b) Loyola.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Princeton.

5. What is the original plan for the canal?
(a) To create bridge building job opportunities.
(b) To provide jobs along the Ohio River.
(c) To connect Chicago, Indianapolis, Rosewater and the Ohio River.
(d) To build large river boats for companies on the Ohio River.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens between Eliot and his father in Eliot's apartment?

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

3. How does Eliot answer the telephone, both day and night, in his office?

4. What man assumes the pseudonym of John Rosewater?

5. Where does Eliiot Rosewater meet his wife?

(see the answer key)

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