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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a fly hunt?
(a) Killing flies with spray cans.
(b) KIlling flies with rubber bands or glasses.
(c) Catching flies with nets.
(d) Finding flies in winter.

2. Why does Eliot not recognize Kilgore Trout when he sees him sitting on the bench at the fountain?
(a) He has dyed his hair.
(b) He has lost a lot of weight.
(c) He has no beard.
(d) He is wearing a suit.

3. In his first letter to Sylvia, what does Eliot say he has in common with the person he compares himself to ?
(a) They both have an important mission.
(b) They both love fire fighters.
(c) They both went mad at an early age.
(d) They both had wives named Sylvia.

4. What is in the back of Eliot's ledger?
(a) Nothing.
(b) An address book.
(c) Love poems.
(d) An unfinished novel.

5. Where has Sylvia gone, according to The Investigator?
(a) To a nunnery with a vow of silence.
(b) To a resort in Cannes.
(c) To Paris to live.
(d) To the mountains of India to study.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Eliot Rosewater educated?

3. When in New Egypt, New Jersey, with whom does Eliot trade his dress suit and for what?

4. What does Fred learn about himself and his family while reading the Rosewater Family History?

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

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