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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the letter that is to be given to the next president of the Foundation from the current president?

2. In the first sixteen years of the Foundation, how much money is spent?

3. Where does Eliiot Rosewater meet his wife?

4. Who is the creator of the Foundation?

5. What is the original plan for the canal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Eliot lives in his office. Describe the conditions in which Eliot lives. What are his surrounding like? Does he have many visitors? Does he leave the office regularly? What are some of the unusual qualities of the office?

2. On the same day of calls from a suicidal man and Stelle Wakeby, Eliot receives a call from his father and does not recognize his father's voice. What are some of the things Senator Rosewater wants to talk to his son about, and how does the conversation end?

3. How did the people of Avondale greet Sylvia and Eliot when they move to Rosewater? Why do they treat them this way?

4. Mushari finds a sealed letter from Eliot Rosewater to be given to his heir upon Eliot's death. What does Mushari do with the letter? What does he learn about Eliot? What is his next step?

5. What does Eliot's letter to his heir reveal about his parents?

6. Who is Arthur Garvey Ulm? What part does he play in the story of Eliot and Sylvia's life?

7. What is the tone of the letter written by Eliot to his heir about the family history? How can you tell?

8. When he disappears for a week, what does Eliot do? Why does the law firm of McAlister, Robjent, Reed, and McGee hire a detective to find Eliot, and where does he find Eliot?

9. Where does Eliot end up after his roaming around America? What does he tell Sylvia he plans to do there, and how?

10. In the back of Eliot's ledger is an unfinished novel he has written. In the novel, Eliot talks about Heaven. How does he describe Heaven and what happens there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After living in Rosewater for five years, Sylvia has a nervous breakdown and burns down the fire station. She is sent to Indianapolis for treatment. Describe the disease for which Sylvia is treated by Dr. Ed Brown. What is the author trying to say about the wealthy in this diagnosis?

Essay Topic 2

The narrator explains in the opening of the story that one of the main characters in the novel is money. Describe that character and it's function in the story.

Essay Topic 3

What is "The Click" Noyes Finnerty talks about to Charley Warmergram? Explain the theory of The Click. What "click" has Eliot experienced? How does it change him?

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