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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What solution does Eliot's father present for Eliot's current problem?
(a) Eliot must hand over the Foundation to his father.
(b) Eliot must beg for Sylvia's forgiveness.
(c) Eliot must leave immediately for Paris.
(d) Eliot must leave Rosewater forever.

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

3. What does Eliot do for Noyes Finnerty while he is in prison?
(a) Eliot gives Noyes his ticket to INdianapolis.
(b) Eliot has Noyes paroled.
(c) Eliot has Noyes arrested for assault.
(d) Eliot gives Noyes ten thousand dollars.

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

5. How does Fred Rosewater's father die?
(a) He commits suicide after the stock market crash of 1929.
(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 by hanging himself in the basement.

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

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

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

9. What does Fred do with his father's written bequest?
(a) Without reading it, he mails it to Eliot.
(b) WIthout reading it, he bruns it.
(c) Without reading it, he puts it under his bed.
(d) Without reading it, he stores it atop a jelly cabinet.

10. When Stewart was a young man, what did he tell his lawyer he wanted to do with his money?
(a) He wanted to invest it all in the stock market.
(b) He wanted to put it all in trust for his wife.
(c) He wanted to give it all away to the poor.
(d) He wanted to give it all to the United Way.

11. Who is Harry Pena?
(a) An ex-insurance salesman who is now a professional fisherman.
(b) An ex-insurance salesman who is now a professional wrestler.
(c) An ex-insurance salesman who is now a lawyer.
(d) An ex-insurance salesman who now owns a restaurant on a yacht.

12. How much time has passed since Eliot left Rosewater and the meeting at the fountain?
(a) One day.
(b) One week.
(c) One month.
(d) One year.

13. What does Fred see that catches his attention on the page facing the ads?
(a) A coupon for a dating service.
(b) A coupon on which the reader may write his own ad.
(c) A coupon for one free month of the paper.
(d) A coupon for housecleaning.

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

15. Where is the Greyhound bus stop in Rosewater?
(a) The Saw City Library.
(b) The Saw City Kandy Kitchen.
(c) The Saw City McDonalds.
(d) The Saw City KMart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sergeant Boyle?

2. Who does Eliot compare himself to when he sees his reflection in a birdbath?

3. How does Kilgore Trout explain Eliot's devotion to volunteer fire departments?

4. Who does Lila find asleep on the couch in the study every day when she comes home?

5. Who is Tawny Wainwright?

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