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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was the only person allowed to enter Chance's room?
(a) Chance's mother.
(b) Louise.
(c) Anyone could enter Chance's room.
(d) The fat maid

3. When Chance looks in the large hall mirror, what does he see?
(a) A young boy.
(b) Nothing.
(c) That he's all grown up.
(d) How ugly he's become.

4. In what way did the Old Man threaten Chance if he didn't do as he was told?
(a) His television would be taken away from him.
(b) He would be banned from the garden.
(c) He would be sent to an insane asylum.
(d) He would be sent to bed without supper

5. Who is the "fat maid"?
(a) She is one of the many maids in the Old Man's house.
(b) She is Louise's best friend.
(c) She is Chance's favorite maid.
(d) She took the place of Louise when Louise left.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why couldn't Chance leave the Old Man's house or go beyond the garden gate?

2. In what way did Chance believe that the garden was its own graveyard?

3. When was the last time Chance left the house?

4. What did Chance believe he could do just by turning the TV dial?

5. When Chance sees the Old Man lying dead in his bedroom, why was the fat maid on the telephone?

(see the answer key)

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