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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Eliot compare himself in the first letter he sends to Sylvia?
(a) His father.
(b) Caesar Augustus.
(c) A volunteer fire fighter.
(d) Hamlet.

2. When does Eliot Rosewater leave law school and why?
(a) In 1941, to join the Marines.
(b) In 1941, to avoid the draft.
(c) In 1941, to join the Navy.
(d) In 1941, to join the Army.

3. Where do the upper-management employees of the corporation who run the automated saw mill live?
(a) In Rosewater.
(b) In Chicago.
(c) In New Ambrosia.
(d) In Avondale.

4. When Eliot calls Sylvia from Indiana, what does he say is the one remaining independent business in the town?
(a) NIght-crawlers.
(b) F.W. Woolworth's.
(c) Carp bones.
(d) Roman taffy factory.

5. Where is Eliot Rosewater educated?
(a) In Europe and Hawaii.
(b) On the West Coast and in Japan.
(c) On the East Coast and in Europe.
(d) In the South and in Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eliot tell Sylvia about the fire department he has found in Iowa?

2. What book does Eliot receive from a client of the Rosewater Foundation to whom he gave ten thousand dollars?

3. What does Eliot tell Sylvia will be his "work of art?"

4. What is the Rosewater Law?

5. What role does the corporation perform for the Foundation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Eliot's connection with the Rosewater Fire Department? What is his rank within the department and why?

2. Who is Kilgore Trout? What one of his books does Mushari find to read and where?

3. Eliot lives in his office. Describe the conditions in which Eliot lives. What are his surrounding like? Does he have many visitors? Does he leave the office regularly? What are some of the unusual qualities of the office?

4. Sylvia tells Eliot's father the story of how she and Eliot met. What is the story she tells?

5. Who is listening on the other end of the conversation between Eliot and Sylvia? What does the person learn from the conversation to aid in the case to have Eliot declared insane?

6. Who is Arthur Garvey Ulm? What part does he play in the story of Eliot and Sylvia's life?

7. Eliot keeps a ledger in his office in which he keeps important information about his work. What does he call his ledger, and what kinds of things are in it? What is an example of something Eliot would have in his ledger?

8. In Chapter Three, there is a description of Sylvia telling of her experiences and talents. Describe Sylvia. What does Sylvia know about the town Eliot describes to her?

9. What does Eliot's letter to his heir reveal about his parents?

10. In Washington, D.C. the Senator, Sylvia, McAllister, and Mushari are meeting to discuss Eliot. What idea do they come up with while discussing the problem of Eliot's behavior and his current situation in Rosewater? How does Sylvia defend Eliot's behavior?

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