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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 book does Fred find while looking through a books and magazine store?
(a) Kilgore Trout's book 2BRO2B.
(b) Kilgore Trout's book Venus on the Half Shell.
(c) Kilgore Trout's book The Way Station.
(d) Kilgore Trout's book Pan-Galactic Three Day Pass.

2. Who is the town of Pisquontuit named after?
(a) An Indian Chief in the 1700s.
(b) An INdian Chief in the 1900s.
(c) An Indian Chief in the 1600s.
(d) An Indian Chief in the 1800s.

3. 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 Tavern.
(d) The Pisquontuit Diner.

4. When Stewart was a young man, what did he tell his lawyer he wanted to do with his money?
(a) He wanted to give it all away to the poor.
(b) He wanted to give it all to the United Way.
(c) He wanted to put it all in trust for his wife.
(d) He wanted to invest it all in the stock market.

5. How much is Fred Rosewater worth dead?
(a) Fifty thousand dollars.
(b) A million dollars.
(c) Two hundred thousand dollars.
(d) Forty-two thousand dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eliot Rosewater outsmart Norman Mushari in the end?

2. What do Harry and his sons trap in their fishing nets while Amanita and Caroline have lunch?

3. Where has Sylvia gone, according to The Investigator?

4. Who are the men seated across from Eliot at the fountain?

5. While the Senator is talking with Eliot in his apartment, what occurs?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

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

6. 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?

7. Describe Caroline Rosewater's luncheon experience at the Weir. How is she treated? How does she feel?

8. 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?

9. When Eliot comes to and leaves for the Kandy Kitchen to catch his bus, what is different about him?

10. Kilgore Trout puts his "spin" on Eliot's life in Rosewater. How does he explain Eliot's work for the people of Rosewater?

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