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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 does Eliot describe how he feels to Charley as he leaves for the bus station?
(a) As if he knows Sylvia will take him back.
(b) As if a part of him is dying leaving Rosewater.
(c) As if a new part of his life is about to begin.
(d) As if he has lost all of his friends.

2. How long does Eliot tell his father he has questioned his own sanity?
(a) Since he was ten years old.
(b) Since he moved to Rosewater.
(c) Since Sylvia filed for divorce.
(d) Since he was a teen.

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

4. Where is Selena Deal raised?
(a) In a small nearby town.
(b) In a large family in Portsmith.
(c) In an orpanage.
(d) In Central America.

5. From which side of the Rosewater family does Fred come?
(a) From George Rosewater, Noah Rosewater's son.
(b) From Noah Rosewater, George Rosewater's brother.
(c) From Noah Rosewater, Fred Rosewater's cousin.
(d) From George Rosewater, Noah Rosewater's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What paper does Fred read surreptitiously with his coffee and Danish?

2. What does Eliot congratulate Charley on winning that Charley had actually won three years before?

3. Where are Eliot and Sylvia scheduled to meet for their final goodbye?

4. What is The Click Noyes tells Charley about when Eliot is in the office?

5. What does Caroline Rosewater ask her husband for when while Fred and Harry Pena are talking?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. Norman Mushari is very concerned about the planned meeting between Sylvia and Eliot before their divorce. Why does he care about them seeing each other? What detail does Musahri's plan rest upon that could be altered by the meeting?

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

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

8. 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?

9. When Fred cannot finish the history of his family, which he has found atop the cupboard in the basement, he prepares to hang himself from a pipe in the basement. What happens to save Fred's life?

10. 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?

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