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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one thing Grunmann has found out about Chance by snooping on him in New York?

2. Where does EE ask Chance to accompany her the day after the dinner party?

3. A woman at dinner sitting on Chance's left at dinner asks him about the war. What is his reply?

4. How much does Chance know about sex and childbirth?

5. What dissuades Grunmann from this initial conclusion about Chance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chance find so amazing as he awaits his turn to join the TV show?

2. EE expresses her love to Chance in Chapter 5. What are EE's reasons for being so attracted to Chance?

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

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

5. What is Skrapinov told about Gardiner's political agenda?

6. 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?

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

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

9. What was one of Grunmann's concerns about what Gardiner might be up to? Why is it discounted?

10. In what way does Chance inadvertently stun the journalists interviewing him after the U.N. gala?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In light of Mr. Franklin's not remembering who Chauncey is, what does this say about first impressions? How could this relate to racial profiling in a way? What could it be that made Chance so unmemorable then and such a media darling later in the book? Support your statements with scenes from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Chance's character is written as though he thinks, reacts and speaks like a child.

Find statements or dialogue in the book to support this statement. Then refute the statement showing why Chance is actually a wise person only giving people what they want to be given.

Essay Topic 3

The author, Jerzy Kosinski, is originally from Poland and was born in 1933. He has a Master's Degree in history and political science.

A) How would these facts about the author qualify him to write a well-thought out political satire?

B) What is the main political theme that the author is satirizing in the book?

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