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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the woman from the car?
(a) Mrs. Benjamin Rand.
(b) Mrs. Randall Benjamin.
(c) Mrs. Eve Gardiner.
(d) Mrs. Ellen Harris.

2. Where does Chance go after taking his leave of the lawyer and his assistant?
(a) To the kitchen to make a sandwich.
(b) He makes a telephone call to a lawyer.
(c) To his room to watch a TV show.
(d) To the garden to work.

3. When Chance refers to the "room upstairs", he refers to the room he is presently occupying. What does Mr. Rand believe he means?
(a) The roof of the house.
(b) The room in the Old Man's house.
(c) The presidency.
(d) Heaven.

4. Where had Louise gone to live after leaving the Old Man's house?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) She never left the house.
(c) Florida.
(d) Europe.

5. What does Chance insist he has done all of his life?
(a) Fixed televisions.
(b) Cooked all of the Old Man's meals.
(c) Been a gardener living in the house.
(d) Read many, many books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Chance soon after he begins walking around?

2. What does Chance do the morning after Mr. Franklin's visit?

3. What makes Chance think he should not be drinking the wine?

4. Who was the only person allowed to enter Chance's room?

5. Was Chance curious about life outside the walls of the garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do readers learn in Chapter 1 about Chance's father?

2. When Chance is hit by the limousine and Mrs. Rand steps out, what is familiar about her to Chance?

3. Why does Chance wear sunglasses to meet with the lawyer and his assistant?

4. When Chance periodically takes time in the garden to sit on the grass and think in Chapter 1, what goes through his mind?

5. What is the maid's reaction to the Old Man's death in Chapter 1?

6. At what point in Chapter 2 does Chance realize things will now change?

7. Why does EE change Chance's name when he introduces himself?

8. Why is it that Chance does not appear in any of Mr. Franklin's records?

9. When Chance goes upstairs to the study in Chapter 2, who is waiting for him there and what do they want?

10. Do you think Chance acted appropriately in response to the Old Man's death in Chapter 1?

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