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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 gets Chance interested in the book Stiegler speaks of?
(a) Stiegler tells Chance that books are like television.
(b) Stiegler compares publishing to a garden.
(c) Stiegler compares publishing to television.
(d) Chance never gets interested in the book.

2. When a man sitting across from Chance asks him what the government will do about industrial poisons, what is Chance's response?
(a) Poisons are bad for a garden.
(b) He refuses to give an answer.
(c) There is no other choice but to use poisons.
(d) Industry must thrive no matter what.

3. What are the President's thoughts about the government in relation to Gardiner?
(a) He knows the answer to Gardiner's identity will be forthcoming soon.
(b) He is starting to think it is all a big joke.
(c) He is impressed with the power of the government.
(d) He thinks it's possible that the Federal Government is being undermined.

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

5. When the President of the United States requests a dossier on Chance, what is he given?
(a) A history of Chance's years at the Old Man's house.
(b) Information about the car accident and a transcript of Chance's appearance on TV.
(c) Chance's social security number and his birth certificate.
(d) A copy of Chance's birth certificate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chance's supposed code name remind Skrapinov of?

2. After the U.N. reception, where does EE take Chance?

3. At the UN reception, Chance meets the Soviet Ambassador. How does Chance impress him?

4. What does EE tell the President's secretary about Mr. Gardiner's intentions?

5. When the President of the United States tries to get information on Chance from EE, what does his secretary report to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. At this point in Chapter 6, the President is frustrated that none of the top government agencies can find information about a wealthy man living in New York City. What are his thoughts before he turns on the TV and falls asleep?

2. Why does Chance hesitate when the President asks him about The Street?

3. In what way does the President incorporate Chance's words on gardening into his speech at the Financial Institute?

4. At what point in Chapter 5 does EE's character make it clear to the reader that she has a crush on Chance?

5. Sulkin submits a tape of Gardiner's appearance on THIS EVENING for psychiatric, neurological and linguistic analysis. What is discovered?

6. Why does EE try to protect Chauncey from the press?

7. In Chapter 4, what does Benjamin Rand say to indicate that he thinks Chance is a very smart man?

8. At the United Nations gala in Chapter 5, who does Chance seem to impress the most and why?

9. How does Chance feel about an opportunity to appear on TV?

10. What does EE find herself thinking about more and more as she flies back to New York from Denver?

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