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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mr. Franklin have a record of the Old Man's affairs?
(a) He was the Old Man's best friend.
(b) The Old Man was a partner in the law firm.
(c) The Old Man stipulated that his records be available to Mr. Franklin in his will.
(d) He hired a detective.

2. What does Mr. Franklin initially tell Chance he needs to have to allow him to go on living in the house?
(a) Some proof of his identity and his employment.
(b) Photos of him and the Old Man together.
(c) A certified letter from the Old Man.
(d) A written essay outlining the past twenty five years.

3. What does Chance notice in the back seat of EE's limousine, above the bar?
(a) A small TV set.
(b) A two-way radio.
(c) A photo of a garden.
(d) A sliding window to speak with the driver.

4. What do readers know about the fat maid?
(a) She watches TV with Chance.
(b) She was once married to the Old Man.
(c) She is from another country and doesn't understand what is said on TV.
(d) She sits and reads to Chance every night.

5. What is Chance's reaction when Mr. Franklin asks him what his name is?
(a) He is happy.
(b) He is suspicious.
(c) He is very surprised.
(d) He is uneasy.

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

7. What does Mr. Franklin first ask Chance?
(a) He asks Chance if he has any relatives.
(b) He asks Chance for some food.
(c) He asks him how many days he's been in the house.
(d) He asks how rooms are in the house.

8. 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.

9. What puzzles Mr. Franklin about Chance?
(a) Why the house is so old.
(b) Why there is a television in Chance's room.
(c) Chance's accent.
(d) Chance's name appears nowhere in his records of house employees.

10. Why did Chance think things would immediately change now that the Old Man was gone?
(a) He read it in a book.
(b) A lawyer phoned him to tell him this.
(c) That was the way things worked on TV shows.
(d) The maid told him so.

11. What day is it when the novel begins?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) We are not told.

12. In what way does Chance think that plants are like people?
(a) Both need very little care to thrive.
(b) Both need care to be happy and healthy.
(c) Both have goals and dreams.
(d) Both can be compared to television.

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

14. Why didn't Chance like to take the elevator in the house?
(a) It was broken.
(b) He preferred to take the stairs for exercise.
(c) He didn't trust it since Louise was once trapped in it.
(d) He didn't understand how it worked.

15. What is Benjamin Rand's occupation?
(a) Chairman of the Board of the First Amercian Financial Corporation.
(b) Chief Financial Officer of the National Reserve Bank.
(c) A partner in the prestigious law firm of Rand and Cooper.
(d) A speechwriter for the President of the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Old Man did not leave something behind before he died. What was it?

2. When Chance looks in the large hall mirror, what does he see?

3. Where does Chance go after taking his leave of the lawyer and his assistant?

4. What does EE discover upon talking to Chance when he wakes up?

5. In what way did the Old Man threaten Chance if he didn't do as he was told?

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