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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 does Fred tell Caroline is above the door of the National Archives in Washington?
2. How does Kilgore Trout explain Eliot's devotion to volunteer fire departments?
3. Where do Caroline and her friend Amanita dine for lunch on the waterfront?
4. When Stewart was a young man, what did he tell his lawyer he wanted to do with his money?
5. What does Fred learn about himself and his family while reading the Rosewater Family History?
Short Essay Questions
1. While he is at the news store counter having coffee and Danish with the carpenters and plumbers of the town, Fred tells a story that ends with someone saying to him "God bless you, Mr. Rosewater." Why does the person say this?
2. 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?
3. Describe Caroline Rosewater's luncheon experience at the Weir. How is she treated? How does she feel?
4. In the end, Eliot outsmarts Mushari and others who think he is idealistic and insane. How does he do this?
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. McAllister announces that Senator Rosewater now has fifty-seven grandchildren. How did this come about?
7. 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?
8. Caroline Rosewater and Amanita Buntline are two women from totally different parts of Pisquontuit. Why are Caroline and Amanita friends?
9. Fred and Caroline Rosewater live in Pisquontuit, Rhode Island. Describe the town and the people in it.
10. In Chapter Nine, we meet Lila Buntline, Stewart and Caroline's daughter. What is Lila doing in the news store? How does she know Fred?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Eliot calls Sylvia from Rosewater, Indiana, he tells her he will become an artist. Loving the people of Rosewater will be his art. What does Eliot mean by this? How can loving people be art?
Essay Topic 2
When the people of Rosewater learn of Eliot's trip to Indianapolis, they are certain he will not return. Contrast and compare the different reactions of the townspeople to Eliot's departure. What do they say to him? To each other? What are they fearful of and why?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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