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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Kristen Buntline, daughter of Fred's wife's best friend.
(d) Norman Mushari.

2. Who is the town of Pisquontuit named after?
(a) An INdian Chief in the 1900s.
(b) An Indian Chief in the 1700s.
(c) An Indian Chief in the 1600s.
(d) An Indian Chief in the 1800s.

3. How does Stewart Buntline make his money?
(a) He inherited twenty million dollars in pharmacutical holdings.
(b) He inherited forty million dollars in tobacco money.
(c) He inherited ten million dollars of IBM stock.
(d) He inherited eighteen million dollars in tobacco money.

4. Who is Sergeant Boyle?
(a) A character in an article whose head is bitten off by a bear.
(b) A character in a story who has discovered Big Foot.
(c) A sergeant in the Army who sits next to Eliot on the bus.
(d) A character in a novel who is from the Milky Way.

5. How does Eliot Rosewater outsmart Norman Mushari in the end?
(a) He gives Fred one hudnred thousand dollars, and declares all children of Rosewater his children.
(b) Eliot declares all children of Rosewater are his own, and pays out child support.
(c) Eliot write Mushari a check for a million dollars to drop the case.
(d) Eliot writes Fred a check for a million dollars and buys him off.

6. How does Eliot describe how he feels to Charley as he leaves for the bus station?
(a) As if he has lost all of his friends.
(b) As if he knows Sylvia will take him back.
(c) As if a part of him is dying leaving Rosewater.
(d) As if a new part of his life is about to begin.

7. What did Eliot see on the copy of The American Investigator he found in his pocket?
(a) "Is This Man Crazy? (See Inside)
(b) "Insane or Sane? (See Inside).
(c) "Sanest Man In America? (See Inside).
(d) "Best Looking Man Alive? (See Inside).

8. What is one of Eliot's favorite Kilgore Trout books dealing with ingratitude?
(a) The First District Court of Thankyou.
(b) The First Design of Helpfulness.
(c) The First District Court of Ingratitude.
(d) The First Trial of the Ungrateful.

9. Where is Selena Deal raised?
(a) In an orpanage.
(b) In a small nearby town.
(c) In Central America.
(d) In a large family in Portsmith.

10. Who is Charley Warmergram?
(a) Eliot's physician.
(b) The first man to greet Eliot when he moved to town.
(c) The Fire Chief of Rosewater.
(d) A man the Foundation has helped.

11. What paper does Fred read surreptitiously with his coffee and Danish?
(a) The National Enquirer.
(b) The American Questioner.
(c) The Wall Street Journal.
(d) The American Investigator.

12. Who does Eliot compare himself to when he sees his reflection in a birdbath?
(a) J. Edgar Hoover.
(b) T. Bone Pickens.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) H. Sommerset Maughn.

13. Who infuriates Eliot by calling him on the red phone designated for fire emergencies?
(a) Norman Mushari.
(b) Delbert PEach.
(c) Mary Moody.
(d) Stewart Buntline.

14. How does Eliot react to the scene in his apartment between himself and his father?
(a) Eliot takes another shower and gets ready to leave for Indianapolis.
(b) Eliot suddenly freezes and does not answer his telephone.
(c) Eliot begins crying and cannot stop.
(d) Eliot ties his shoe laces and calls a cab to the airport.

15. What does Eliot tell Sylvia he will buy for their meeting?
(a) A pair of new shoes.
(b) A new suit.
(c) A haircut.
(d) A new car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bunny have to show Aminata when she shows up for lunch?

2. What reading material does Eliot choose for his bus trip to Indianapolis?

3. What does Fred tell Caroline is above the door of the National Archives in Washington?

4. Who approaches Eliot as he boards the bus?

5. What do men Fred insures believe is their only get-rich scheme?

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