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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 solution does Eliot's father present for Eliot's current problem?
(a) Eliot must hand over the Foundation to his father.
(b) Eliot must beg for Sylvia's forgiveness.
(c) Eliot must leave immediately for Paris.
(d) Eliot must leave Rosewater forever.

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(d) It is outdated and boring.

3. How many women in Rosewater County claim to have birthed Eliot's child?
(a) Sixty eight.
(b) One hundred and two.
(c) Sevety seven.
(d) Fifty seven.

4. Who is Tawny Wainwright?
(a) A woman who the Foundation has helped with gifts of food.
(b) A woman who asked the Foundation for a new telephone.
(c) A young girl who works at the Kandy Kitchen.
(d) A young girl whose medical care the Foundation was paying.

5. Where are Eliot and Sylvia scheduled to meet for their final goodbye?
(a) The Bluebird Room of the Marott Hotel in Indianapolis.
(b) The Bluebird Room of the Marsett Hotel in Miami Beach.
(c) The Bluebird Room of the Marriott Hotel in Chicago.
(d) The Bluebird Room of the Marriott Hotel in Incline.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fred read with interest in the section of the paper entitled "Here I Am?"

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

3. Who is the town of Pisquontuit named after?

4. What do men Fred insures believe is their only get-rich scheme?

5. What does Kilgore Trout look like to Fred when he sees the man's photo on the back of the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

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. 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?

8. 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?

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

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

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