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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Senator Rosewater arrive at Eliot's apartment?
(a) With Norman Mushari.
(b) In a cab.
(c) He drove himself.
(d) In a chauffeur driven car.

2. Who does Lila find asleep on the couch in the study every day when she comes home?
(a) Her father, Stewart Buntline.
(b) Her father, Fred Rosewater.
(c) Her father George Rosewater.
(d) Her father, Harry Pena.

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

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

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

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

7. What sign hangs in the window of the local books and magazine store?
(a) Rhode Island Mothers to Save Children From Food Additives.
(b) Rhode Island Mothers to Save Children From AIDS.
(c) Rhode Island Mothers to Save Children From Drunk Drivers.
(d) Rhode Island Mothers to Save Children From Filth.

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

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

10. 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.

11. What does Fred tell Caroline is above the door of the National Archives in Washington?
(a) "The past is over."
(b) "The past is the ticket to the future."
(c) "The past is prologue."
(d) "The past is meaningless without the future."

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

13. What does Eliot congratulate Charley on winning that Charley had actually won three years before?
(a) The Rosewater County Athletic Scholarship Award.
(b) The Rosewater High School Top Athlete Award for 1962.
(c) The Young Man's Rifle Shoot Award.
(d) The Young Horatio Alger Award for 1962.

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

15. To whom is Selena writing a letter while Fred is asleep on his boat?
(a) Wilford Rosewater.
(b) Wilford Brimley.
(c) Wilfred Parrot.
(d) Wilford Maxwell.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Caroline Rosewater ask her husband for when while Fred and Harry Pena are talking?

3. How much time has passed since Eliot left Rosewater and the meeting at the fountain?

4. What is The Click Noyes tells Charley about when Eliot is in the office?

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

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