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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Chance tell Mrs. Aubrey that he does not need a doctor?
(a) He is offered an honorary doctor of law degree.
(b) He feels he can take care of himself.
(c) His leg is all better.
(d) He does not feel ill any longer.

2. Who does Sulkin think Gardiner actually is?
(a) A leading member of an American elitist faction planning a coup d'etat.
(b) A major leader of the American Communist Party preparing for a revolution.
(c) A German spy.
(d) A Republican masquerading as a Democrat to get inside information.

3. How is Chance's TV appearance received by the audience?
(a) He is asked by the audience to run for President.
(b) Most of them are excited and become more optimisitc about the economy.
(c) He receives a lot of booing from the audience.
(d) The TV station get many phone calls of complaint.

4. When were Chance's fingerprints checked out?
(a) During the President's meeting with him.
(b) After his appearance on TV.
(c) Before the President's visit to the Rand's home.
(d) After the dinner at the U.N.

5. What has happened to one Soviet agent as a result of his background investigation of Mr. Gardiner?
(a) He was discovered to be a spy.
(b) He returned to the Soviet Union in disgrace.
(c) He was murdered by his own countrymen.
(d) He was promoted after finding more information about Gardiner.

6. What does Chance speak about when the President asks him a question about Wall Street?
(a) He compares it to a garden.
(b) He compares it to a television program.
(c) He admits he knows nothing about it.
(d) He talks about the Old Man's big house.

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

8. What does Chance say to Mrs. Aubrey when she tells him about all of the people who want interviews with him?
(a) He admits to her that he is not comfortable with them.
(b) He tells her to set all of them up for the next morning.
(c) He tells her he would rather watch television.
(d) He tells her he does not want to meet those people.

9. When Chance tells Stiegler that he can neither read or write, what does Stiegler take this to mean?
(a) He thinks Chance is dyslexic.
(b) He believes Chance is asking for writing assistance and that he has no time to read.
(c) He believes Chance is telling the truth and walks away.
(d) He thinks Chance is making a huge joke and laughs along with it.

10. 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?
(a) That he cannot give them anything.
(b) He wants to speak with them now.
(c) They will have to wait.
(d) He would rather be on television again.

11. Why does Chance stare directly into the President's eyes when he meets him?
(a) He sees that the President's eyes are bloodshot.
(b) He recalls that the President always looks straight into the eyes of the viewer on TV.
(c) He knows it is polite in society to look someone in the eye.
(d) He is nervous and does not know where else to look.

12. When Tom Courtney of the New York Times telephones Chance to interview him, what does Chance say?
(a) He tells Mr. Courtney that he prefers to speak about gardening and how important it is.
(b) He tells Mr. Courtney about the Old Man's house and how he was asked to leave.
(c) He has no comment other than to say he enjoyed his meeting with the President.
(d) He answers all of Mr. Courtney's questions.

13. A woman at dinner sitting on Chance's left at dinner asks him about the war. What is his reply?
(a) The war is practically over.
(b) He has served in war.
(c) War must lead to peace.
(d) He has seen many wars on TV.

14. When a man with long gray hair first sits down to speak with Chance, what does Chance understand about what he is saying?
(a) He knows the man is talking about politics.
(b) He understands that the man is propositioning him.
(c) He does not understand what the man is talking about.
(d) He believes the man wants to have a laugh with him.

15. During his speech to the Financial Institute, what does the President say about his meeting with Mr. Rand?
(a) He met with Mr. Rand and a friend of his who was ill.
(b) He spoke with Mr. Chauncy Gardiner on the benefits of inflation.
(c) Mr. Rand is ill and near death.
(d) He met Mr. Chauncy Gardiner and they spoke of how the dollar compares with the Euro.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Chance tells the man that he wants to tell EE where they are going, what is the man's response?

2. When Chance accepts an invitation to appear on a live TV show, what are his thoughts?

3. What gets Chance interested in the book Stiegler speaks of?

4. What are the President's thoughts about the government in relation to Gardiner?

5. What does EE discover about Chance after going through all of his belongings and asking him questions about his past?

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