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

2. What happens between Eliot and his father in Eliot's apartment?
(a) The Senator screams at Eliot about how he has hurt his father and Sylvia.
(b) The Senator screams at Eliot and calls the police to arrest him.
(c) The Senator screams at Eliot, and Eliot screams back at him to leave.
(d) The Senator screams at Eliot for dressing so poorly for his flight.

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

4. Who approaches Eliot as he boards the bus?
(a) Tawny Wainwright.
(b) Arthur Ulm.
(c) Senator Rosewater.
(d) Diana Moon Glampers.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has Eliot purchased for his trip to Indianapolis?

3. How does Eliot react to the scene in his apartment between himself and his father?

4. How does Stewart Buntline make his money?

5. How does Kilgore Trout explain Eliot's devotion to volunteer fire departments?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

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

6. Who is Fred Rosewater? How is he related to the Rosewater family in Indiana? What does Fred do for a living?

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

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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