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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the woman explain her nickname?
(a) It stands for Ellen Elizabeth.
(b) It refers to the poet e.e. cummings.
(c) It is short for "evil eye".
(d) It stands for Elizabeth Eve.

2. EE gets Mrs. Aubrey to help Chance. What kind of service does Mrs. Aubrey provide?
(a) She is a teacher.
(b) She is a nurse.
(c) She is a secretary.
(d) She gives diction lessons.

3. What does Sulkin of the Foreign Department show Skrapinov as a result of his investigation of Chauncey Gardiner?
(a) A transcript of Chance's conversations with EE.
(b) Only the details of the car accident Chance was in.
(c) A full dossier on Gardiner's past with the CIA.
(d) A blank piece of paper.

4. Where was the Old Man in the bedroom?
(a) On his bed with only one eye open.
(b) Under the bed, feet sticking out.
(c) On the floor.
(d) Sitting beside a window.

5. What did Chance believe he could do just by turning the TV dial?
(a) He could break it if he went too fast.
(b) He could change the world.
(c) He could enter the TV and become an actor in it.
(d) He could bring the people on TV inside his eyelids.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does EE tell the President's secretary about Mr. Gardiner's intentions?

2. Where did Chance go after viewing the Old Man's dead body?

3. When Tom Courtney of the New York Times telephones Chance to interview him, what does Chance say?

4. How is Chance's TV appearance received by the audience?

5. When Mrs. Aubrey tells Chance that the Wall Street Journal has predicted his appointment to a Financial Corporation Board and they would like a statement from him, what does Chance say?

(see the answer key)

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