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

2. Who is Sergeant Boyle?
(a) A character in a novel who is from the Milky Way.
(b) A character in a story who has discovered Big Foot.
(c) A character in an article whose head is bitten off by a bear.
(d) A sergeant in the Army who sits next to Eliot on the bus.

3. What paper does Fred read surreptitiously with his coffee and Danish?
(a) The American Questioner.
(b) The American Investigator.
(c) The Wall Street Journal.
(d) The National Enquirer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Eliot not recognize Kilgore Trout when he sees him sitting on the bench at the fountain?

3. To whom is Selena writing a letter while Fred is asleep on his boat?

4. Who is the thirteen year old girl who comes in while Fred is reading the paper?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the interchange between Carolyn and Fred Rosewater at the news store. What do we learn about both characters in the short scene at the newsstand?

2. When Fred comes home, what happens that makes him think of suicide? What keeps him from killing himself?

3. In Chapter Nine, we meet Lila Buntline, Stewart and Caroline's daughter. What is Lila doing in the news store? How does she know Fred?

4. Stewart Buntline is a multi-millionaire who lives in Pisquontuit with his wife Amanita and daughter Lila. When he was younger, however, he had different plans. What were they, and what happened to them?

5. What does Noyes Finnerty tell Charley Warmergram has happened to Eliot?

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

7. How do the Buntlines have a servant, Selena, living in their home? How does Selena feel about living with the Buntlines?

8. Fred and Caroline Rosewater live in Pisquontuit, Rhode Island. Describe the town and the people in it.

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

10. 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?

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