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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Fred Rosewater's father die?
(a) He commits suicide by hanging himself in the basement.
(b) He commits suicide when he learns he has cancer.
(c) He commits suicide after his wife leaves him for a younger man.
(d) He commits suicide after the stock market crash of 1929.

2. As Fred is preparing to hang himself in the basement, who arrives to speak with him?
(a) Norman Mushari.
(b) Stewart Buntline.
(c) Harry Pena.
(d) Eliot Rosewater.

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

4. What did Fred's father write and leave to him before dying?
(a) A will.
(b) A family history.
(c) A note of apology to the family.
(d) A suicide letter.

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

6. What does Fred read with interest in the section of the paper entitled "Here I Am?"
(a) Employment ads.
(b) Personal ads.
(c) Automobile ads.
(d) Housing ads.

7. Who are the men seated across from Eliot at the fountain?
(a) Dr. Brown, Thurmond McAllister, Norman Mushari, and a stranger.
(b) HIs father, his uncle, Dr. Brown, and a stranger.
(c) Dr. Brown, Thurmond McAllister, Robert McGee, and an unknown man.
(d) The Senator, Dr. Brown, Thurmond McAllister, and an unknown man.

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

9. What is The Click Noyes tells Charley about when Eliot is in the office?
(a) THe part of a man's life when he had to be crazy clicks off.
(b) The point at which a man begins to die.
(c) The point in prison when a man has to get out.
(d) The point when a man has to decide to stay or go.

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

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

12. What does Eliott hear and feel as he stops at the high school?
(a) The sound of the wind in the trees, and he feels lonely.
(b) The sound of the hardware tapping the hollow pole, and he is glad he is leaving.
(c) The sound of the hardware tapping the holow pole, and he feels sad.
(d) The sound of the flag hitting the pole, and he feels grateful.

13. Who is listening on the other end of the telephone to Sylvia and Eliot's conversation?
(a) Norman Mushari.
(b) The FBI.
(c) Senator Rosewater.
(d) Rosewater's attorney McAllister.

14. What does Caroline Rosewater ask her husband for when while Fred and Harry Pena are talking?
(a) Money for a new winter coat.
(b) Money to pay the bills.
(c) Money to go to the mall and shop.
(d) Money for her expensive lunch with her friend.

15. What do Harry and his sons trap in their fishing nets while Amanita and Caroline have lunch?
(a) Mackerel.
(b) Salmon.
(c) Tuna.
(d) Swordfish.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Selena been with the Buntline family?

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

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

4. What does Caroline leave out in the house that Fred compares to a pet anteater who sleeps in doorways?

5. What does Fred see that catches his attention on the page facing the ads?

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