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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the Rosewater Inter-State Ship Canal fails?
(a) People tried to sue the Rosewater Foundation.
(b) The Rosewater family pulled out of town.
(c) The townspeople rioted and burned down the Rosewater mansion.
(d) Investors lost their farms and Noah Rosewater bought them.

2. At the end of WWII, where is Eliot stationed?
(a) London.
(b) Bavaria.
(c) Paris.
(d) Berlin.

3. During the meeting with Sylvia, how does Senator Rosewater react when McAllister reminds him about the other Rosewater?
(a) "I would rather Sylvia take over the business than the other Rosewaters!"
(b) "There ARE no other Rosewaters."
(c) "I am talking about the real Rosewaters. To hell with Pisquontuit."
(d) "Eliot and I are the only true Rosewaters!"

4. Where does Eliiot Rosewater meet his wife?
(a) In Paris.
(b) In New York.
(c) In Rome.
(d) In London.

5. Where is Eliot Rosewater born and when?
(a) Washington DC, in 1918.
(b) Rosewater, Indiana, in 1918.
(c) Rosewater, Illinois, in 1920.
(d) New York City, in 1920.

6. When Sylvia and Eliot move to Rosewater, what is to the west of the Parthenon?
(a) The old railway terminal.
(b) The Rosewater Savings and Loan.
(c) The night crawler stands.
(d) The Rosewater Saw Company.

7. How does Eliot meet Sylvia?
(a) She works for the Rosewater Foundation.
(b) They meet in a bar in Paris.
(c) Her father introduces them.
(d) She works for the Rosewater Corporation.

8. What experience in the past does the Senator blame for Eliot's mental instability?
(a) Eliot's attachment to the volunteer fire department as a child.
(b) Eliot's being bullied at a young age.
(c) Eliot's attachement to his teachers in grade school.
(d) Eliot's lack of structure at school.

9. What does Eliot talk about, to people idling in front of a fire station, that later gets him arrested?
(a) The importance of fire stations.
(b) A revolution to happen in about twenty years.
(c) How rich people need to volunteer more often.
(d) A revolution happening at the time of his arrest.

10. What is the name of the foundation formed in 1947?
(a) The Rosewater Foundation
(b) The Mushari Foundation.
(c) The New York Foundataion.
(d) The Kennedy Foundation.

11. Why does Eliot's psychiatrist tell Sylvia he is resigning from Eliot's case?
(a) Because Eliot has not spoken in a year.
(b) Because Eliot has refused to pay for his treatment.
(c) Because Eliot has a "most massively defended neurosis."
(d) Because Eliot refuses to attend therapy sessions.

12. How does the upper-management community greet Eliot and Sylvia when they move in the old family mansion?
(a) They encourage them to move to Avondale.
(b) They try to run them out of town.
(c) They visit, offer invitations, and call.
(d) They shun them.

13. How many books has Kilgore Trout written and in what genre?
(a) Eighty seven science fiction paperbacks.
(b) Ninety nine dramatic fiction paperbacks.
(c) Fourteen non-fiction paperbacks.
(d) Twenty seven romance paperbacks.

14. According to Mushari's favorite law professor, what should every good lawyer look for?
(a) The moment when money trades hands.
(b) A client with an axe to grind.
(c) Another lawyer on the same side.
(d) A woman with a rich dead husband.

15. In the first sentence of the novel, what is identified as a leading character in the story?
(a) Norman Mushari.
(b) Eliot Rosewater
(c) A sum of money.
(d) Sylvia Rosewater.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Washington DC, while meeting with McAllister, Musahri, and Sylvia, what does Senator Rosewater wish aloud?

2. Where do the upper-management employees of the corporation who run the automated saw mill live?

3. When Eliot receives a call from a man considering suicide, what question does he ask him?

4. Where are the Rosewater Corporation main offices?

5. What does Eliot seek out in every town he visits?

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