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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Chance discover has happened to Louise?
(a) She has married the Old Man.
(b) She died.
(c) She has taken another job.
(d) She inherited a lot of money.

3. What does Mr. Franklin inform Chance will happen the next day by noon?
(a) The house willl be under construction for renovations.
(b) The doors to the house and gates to the garden will be locked.
(c) He will be moved up to live in the Old Man's bedroom.
(d) He will be served with a warrant for his arrest.

4. What does EE offer Chance to help ease his pain?
(a) A massage of his injured leg.
(b) She teaches him deep breathing techniques.
(c) A drink of cognac.
(d) A couple of aspirin.

5. What happens to Chance soon after he begins walking around?
(a) A woman is running and causes Chance to fall.
(b) Someone on a bicycle runs into him.
(c) He gets hit by a limousine.
(d) Someone throws something from a building that hits his head.

6. How did Chance get his name?
(a) The Old Man took a chance by adopting him.
(b) He did a lot of risky things.
(c) He had been born by chance.
(d) He loved to gamble.

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

8. What are the last two things Chance looks at before leaving?
(a) The garden and the kitchen.
(b) The attic and the garden.
(c) The TV and the Old Man's room.
(d) The garden and the TV.

9. 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 stipulated that his records be available to Mr. Franklin in his will.
(c) The Old Man was a partner in the law firm.
(d) He hired a detective.

10. What does Chance realize he cannot reveal while looking over the paper?
(a) That he will never leave the house.
(b) That he is responsible for the Old Man's death.
(c) That he already knows what is written there.
(d) That he cannot read or write.

11. Where is Louise originally from?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) England.
(c) Germany
(d) Barbados.

12. Where did Chance go after viewing the Old Man's dead body?
(a) Into the garden.
(b) Outside to catch a bus.
(c) To the kitchen to make a sandwich.
(d) To his room to watch TV.

13. How does Chance feel when he is in the garden?
(a) Nervous most of the time.
(b) Bored.
(c) Tired because of all the weeding to be done.
(d) Safe and secure.

14. What does Chance do when Mr. Franklin gives him a piece of paper to read and sign?
(a) He begins to cry because he cannot read it.
(b) He reads the paper aloud.
(c) He imitates what he's seen people on TV do when they found themselves in a similar situation.
(d) He takes the paper and gets frustrated, ripping it into pieces.

15. Was Chance curious about life outside the walls of the garden?
(a) Not at all.
(b) He was curious about street sounds only.
(c) Yes, he always thought about it.
(d) We are never told.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the doctor gets an injection ready to ease Chance's pain, what are Chance's thoughts?

2. How does the woman explain her nickname?

3. In what way did people exist for Chance?

4. Chance basically did two things in the Old Man's house. Those two things were what?

5. Who is the main character in the book?

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