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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. How many women in Rosewater County claim to have birthed Eliot's child?
(a) Sevety seven.
(b) Sixty eight.
(c) Fifty seven.
(d) One hundred and two.

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

3. How does Eliot Rosewater outsmart Norman Mushari in the end?
(a) Eliot write Mushari a check for a million dollars to drop the case.
(b) Eliot declares all children of Rosewater are his own, and pays out child support.
(c) Eliot writes Fred a check for a million dollars and buys him off.
(d) He gives Fred one hudnred thousand dollars, and declares all children of Rosewater his children.

4. What happens when Fred continues to read about the Rosewater family in the family history?
(a) He finds he has inherited money from his father.
(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 the Rosewaters were criminals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Caroline and Amanita look at through opera glasses while dining?

2. Why are Fred's shins bruised and scabbed?

3. How is Fred Rosewater related to Eliot?

4. What piece of literature had Stewart's attorney included in his last letter to him?

5. Who is Tawny Wainwright?

Short Essay Questions

1. Amid one person after another coming up to him and saying goodbye and good luck, all people he seems not to know, Eliot goes to the magazine rack and chooses something to read on his trip to Indianapolis. What does he choose, and what is it about?

2. 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?

3. When Norman Mushari has driven around Pisquontuit looking for Fred to no avail, how does he spend the rest of his afternoon?

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. 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?

6. Delbert Peach comes to Eliot's office and tells him he is certain Eliot will never return. Why does Mr. Peach think Eliot will not return, and how does Eliot respond?

7. Who is Harry Pena, and what are his different jobs? How does he behave toward Fred? What information is revealed about Fred in their meeting?

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

9. Eliot's father arrives at his office on the morning of his departure, and it is a complete surprise to Eliot. Eliot is happy to see his father, but the feelings are not mutual. Why has the Senator come to see his son? What happens during their visit?

10. What book does Eliot keep hidden in his office, and why does he have such strong feelings about it?

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