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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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 give it all to the United Way.
(c) He wanted to put it all in trust for his wife.
(d) He wanted to give it all away to the poor.

6. How does Eliot describe how he feels to Charley as he leaves for the bus station?
(a) As if he knows Sylvia will take him back.
(b) As if he has lost all of his friends.
(c) As if a new part of his life is about to begin.
(d) As if a part of him is dying leaving Rosewater.

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

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

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

10. How is Fred Rosewater related to Eliot?
(a) They are brothers separated at birth.
(b) They are half brothers.
(c) They are first cousins.
(d) They are second cousins.

11. What happens when Fred continues to read about the Rosewater family in the family history?
(a) He finds the Rosewaters were criminals.
(b) He finds the termites have eaten all the rest of the story.
(c) He finds he is not who he thinks he is.
(d) He finds he has inherited money from his father.

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

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

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

15. Where does Fred Rosewater have coffee and Danish each morning?
(a) The Pisquontuit News Store and the Pisquontuit Drug Store.
(b) The Pisquontuit Diner.
(c) The Pisquontuit Restaurant.
(d) The Pisquontuit Tavern.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why did Caroline marry Fred?

4. What does Amanita say when Caroline thanks her for the gift at lunch?

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

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