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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 Kilgore Trout say is the most important lesson Eliot has learned in his time in Rosewater?
(a) "People can use all the uncritical love they can get."
(b) "People can use all the help they can get."
(c) "People can spend allthe money they earn."
(d) "People can use all the money they can inherit."

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

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

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

5. What happens when Fred continues to read about the Rosewater family in the family history?
(a) He finds he is not who he thinks he is.
(b) He finds the termites have eaten all the rest of the story.
(c) He finds he has inherited money from his father.
(d) He finds the Rosewaters were criminals.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which side of the Rosewater family does Fred come?

2. What does Fred do with his father's written bequest?

3. How does Stewart Buntline make his money?

4. What solution does Eliot's father present for Eliot's current problem?

5. How much does Bunny say the gift Amanita gives Caroline at lunch cost?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

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

8. Amid one person after another coming up to him and saying goodbye and good luck, all people he seems not to know, Eliot goes to the magazine rack and chooses something to read on his trip to Indianapolis. What does he choose, and what is it about?

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

10. 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?

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