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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Chance do upon entering the Old Man's bedroom and seeing him dead upon the bed?
(a) He began to cry.
(b) He looked at the Old Man and stared into his face.
(c) He fainted and fell to the floor.
(d) He went over to the maid and hugged her.

3. What do Mr. Franklin and his assistant call Chance?
(a) Chancellor.
(b) Mr. Chance.
(c) Chancey.
(d) Chauncy.

4. When Chance changed the channel on the TV, what did he believe he could do?
(a) He could change himself.
(b) He could find the perfect TV show.
(c) He could find a gardening show.
(d) He might break the TV set.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way did the Old Man threaten Chance if he didn't do as he was told?

2. Where had Louise gone to live after leaving the Old Man's house?

3. What is Chance's reaction when Mr. Franklin asks him is he intends to make a claim against the estate?

4. What do readers know about the fat maid?

5. What sound was the fat maid making as Chance entered the Old Man's bedroom?

(see the answer key)

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