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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What news does Senator Rosewater deliver to his son when he comes to visit him?
(a) He is no longer head of the Foundation.
(b) McAllister wants him to leave the country.
(c) His visit with Sylvia has been cancelled.
(d) Mushari is going to try and prove him insane.

3. What piece of literature had Stewart's attorney included in his last letter to him?
(a) "A Rift in the Fabric of the Country."
(b) "A Treatise on the Science of Eternal Life."
(c) "A Treatise on the Worthiness of Free Enterprise."
(d) "A Rift Between Friends in the War of Ideas."

4. Where was Fred Rosewater while Norman Mushari was wandering around town looking for him?
(a) At the racetrack.
(b) Asleep at home on the couch.
(c) Asleep at his office.
(d) Asleep on his sailboat.

5. Upon getting home, why does Fred give up his first thought of suicide?
(a) He thinks about the scandal.
(b) He thinks about his wife getting the insurance money.
(c) He thinks about his son.
(d) He thinks about his father.

6. What book does Fred find while looking through a books and magazine store?
(a) Kilgore Trout's book 2BRO2B.
(b) Kilgore Trout's book Venus on the Half Shell.
(c) Kilgore Trout's book Pan-Galactic Three Day Pass.
(d) Kilgore Trout's book The Way Station.

7. What has Eliot purchased for his trip to Indianapolis?
(a) A new suit, shirt, tie, socks, underpants, tooth brush, and Lavoris.
(b) A new suit, socks, shirt, and tie.
(c) A new suit, socks, shoes, toothbrush, and Listerine.
(d) A new suit, a briefcase, shoes, toothbrush, and Lavoris.

8. What does Kilgore Trout look like to Fred when he sees the man's photo on the back of the book?
(a) An old man with a full grey beard, an aging Jesus.
(b) An old man with a full moustache, an aging Hercule Poirot.
(c) An old man with a full black beard, an aging Jesus.
(d) An old man with a pot bellly and white hair, a Santa Claus.

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 the thirteen year old girl who comes in while Fred is reading the paper?
(a) Lila Buntline, daughter of Fred's wife's best friend.
(b) Norman Mushari.
(c) Kristen Buntline, daughter of Fred's wife's best friend.
(d) Sally Rosewater, Fred's neice.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Caroline marry Fred?

2. How many women in Rosewater County claim to have birthed Eliot's child?

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

4. Who is listening on the other end of the telephone to Sylvia and Eliot's conversation?

5. As Fred is preparing to hang himself in the basement, who arrives to speak with him?

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