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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who approaches Eliot as he boards the bus?
(a) Senator Rosewater.
(b) Diana Moon Glampers.
(c) Arthur Ulm.
(d) Tawny Wainwright.

2. What does Stewart's attorney tell him about his plan to spend his fortune?
(a) "Money buys you time."
(b) "Money makes its own money."
(c) "Money is dehydrated Utopia."
(d) "Money is hard to earn and hard to keep."

3. 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 basket filled with wood.
(c) The filled laundry basket.
(d) The box of Christmas decorations.

4. While the Senator is talking with Eliot in his apartment, what occurs?
(a) Eliot screams at hearing the news and sets off the siren at the fire house.
(b) Eliot asks his father what time it is.
(c) Eliot storms out of the room and runs to the fire station to hide.
(d) The alarm clock goes off at noon and Eliot sounds the noon time siren at the fire house.

5. Who is Tawny Wainwright?
(a) A woman who asked the Foundation for a new telephone.
(b) A young girl whose medical care the Foundation was paying.
(c) A woman who the Foundation has helped with gifts of food.
(d) A young girl who works at the Kandy Kitchen.

6. What does Selena notice about the music Mrs. Buntline plays through the house?
(a) It is outdated and boring.
(b) It is playing much too loudly.
(c) It is enriching and uplifting.
(d) It is playing at the wrong speed.

7. What can Caroline and Amanita look at through opera glasses while dining?
(a) Stewart Buntline sleeping on his yacht.
(b) Harry Pena and his sons and their fishing traps.
(c) Small animals walking the piers.
(d) Lila Buntwater cleaning her boat.

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

9. What does Delbert tell Eliot he is thinking about Eliot's trip to Indianapolis?
(a) Once gone, Eliot will not remember Rosewater.
(b) Once gone, Eliot will regret leaving.
(c) Once gone, Eliot will turn right around and come back.
(d) Once gone, Eliot will not return.

10. What does Bunny have to show Aminata when she shows up for lunch?
(a) An intelligence test: a ball attached to a paddle with a rubber band.
(b) An intelligence test: a tin can filled with knitting yarn.
(c) An intelligence test: a tin can, topless, covered in wallpaper.
(d) An intelligence test: two cones with a connecting cord.

11. How much is Fred Rosewater worth dead?
(a) Forty-two thousand dollars.
(b) A million dollars.
(c) Two hundred thousand dollars.
(d) Fifty thousand dollars.

12. Why are Fred's shins bruised and scabbed?
(a) He trips over his son's Legos scattered around the house.
(b) He trips over door sills in his office.
(c) He trips over his shoe laces on a regular basis.
(d) He trips over his wive's small tables.

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

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

15. How does Kilgore Trout explain Eliot's devotion to volunteer fire departments?
(a) It is just a fluke of nature, not true insanity.
(b) It is a means of rubbing out guilt for killing firemen.
(c) It is a waste of time, and should not be continued.
(d) These fire departments are the essence of selflessness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eliot Rosewater outsmart Norman Mushari in the end?

2. Upon getting home, why does Fred give up his first thought of suicide?

3. What does Kilgore Trout look like to Fred when he sees the man's photo on the back of the book?

4. Who infuriates Eliot by calling him on the red phone designated for fire emergencies?

5. What does Eliot do for Noyes Finnerty while he is in prison?

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