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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. Where has Sylvia gone, according to The Investigator?
(a) To a resort in Cannes.
(b) To Paris to live.
(c) To a nunnery with a vow of silence.
(d) To the mountains of India to study.

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

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

4. How much does Bunny say the gift Amanita gives Caroline at lunch cost?
(a) Twenty dollars.
(b) Thirteen dollars.
(c) One hundred dollars.
(d) Seventeen dollars.

5. How does Kilgore Trout explain Eliot's devotion to volunteer fire departments?
(a) It is just a fluke of nature, not true insanity.
(b) It is a waste of time, and should not be continued.
(c) These fire departments are the essence of selflessness.
(d) It is a means of rubbing out guilt for killing firemen.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Stewart was a young man, what did he tell his lawyer he wanted to do with his money?

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

3. What does Delbert tell Eliot he is thinking about Eliot's trip to Indianapolis?

4. How is Eliot dressed when he wakes and finds himself at the fountain?

5. Why did Caroline marry Fred?

Short Essay Questions

1. Harry Pena and his sons are on a fishing boat which is visible from the dining room of The Weir. What do customers see from the vantage point of their windows? What does Harry do about this situation?

2. Norman Mushari is very concerned about the planned meeting between Sylvia and Eliot before their divorce. Why does he care about them seeing each other? What detail does Musahri's plan rest upon that could be altered by the meeting?

3. McAllister announces that Senator Rosewater now has fifty-seven grandchildren. How did this come about?

4. In the end, Eliot outsmarts Mushari and others who think he is idealistic and insane. How does he do this?

5. When Eliot wakes, where does he find himself? Describe the situation and the reason for his condition. How long has he been "asleep?"

6. During his father's visit, Eliot takes a call from someone in the town. What do the two of them discuss while his father is there listening?

7. Caroline Rosewater and Amanita Buntline are two women from totally different parts of Pisquontuit. Why are Caroline and Amanita friends?

8. While he is looking at the books in the news store with Lila, Fred comes across a book that interests him. What is the book and what is it about?

9. When Fred cannot finish the history of his family, which he has found atop the cupboard in the basement, he prepares to hang himself from a pipe in the basement. What happens to save Fred's life?

10. How has Eliot prepared for his trip to see Sylvia in Indianapolis? What is his night like before leaving for the trip?

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