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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 does Eliot congratulate Charley on winning that Charley had actually won three years before?
(a) The Rosewater High School Top Athlete Award for 1962.
(b) The Young Man's Rifle Shoot Award.
(c) The Young Horatio Alger Award for 1962.
(d) The Rosewater County Athletic Scholarship Award.

2. What book does Eliot have hidden in his office?
(a) Hitler's Revenge.
(b) The Third Reich.
(c) The Bombing of Germany.
(d) The Wake of the War.

3. What does Selena notice about the music Mrs. Buntline plays through the house?
(a) It is enriching and uplifting.
(b) It is outdated and boring.
(c) It is playing much too loudly.
(d) It is playing at the wrong speed.

4. Where do Caroline and her friend Amanita dine for lunch on the waterfront?
(a) The Bunty.
(b) The Scat.
(c) The Weir.
(d) The Mary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Selena been with the Buntline family?

2. What does Eliot tell Sylvia he will buy for their meeting?

3. Where was Fred Rosewater while Norman Mushari was wandering around town looking for him?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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. 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?

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

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

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