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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why didn't Chance like to take the elevator in the house?
(a) He didn't understand how it worked.
(b) He didn't trust it since Louise was once trapped in it.
(c) It was broken.
(d) He preferred to take the stairs for exercise.

2. The Old Man did not leave something behind before he died. What was it?
(a) A burial plot.
(b) A will.
(c) An autobiography.
(d) A suicide letter.

3. What surprised Chance about all of the papers spread out on the desk?
(a) There was red ink all over them.
(b) His name was not mentioned in any of them.
(c) They were in neat piles of twenty.
(d) Some of them were ripped up.

4. How long has Chance known Louise, the maid?
(a) For ten years.
(b) Ever since he was a little boy.
(c) He barely remembers Louise.
(d) Since she arrived at the house 5 years ago.

5. What does Chance realize he cannot reveal while looking over the paper?
(a) That he is responsible for the Old Man's death.
(b) That he already knows what is written there.
(c) That he will never leave the house.
(d) That he cannot read or write.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Chance saw a figure on the TV screen, what did he imagine he was looking at?

2. In what way did people exist for Chance?

3. In what way does Chance think that plants are like people?

4. When was the last time Chance left the house?

5. Why does Chance think that a man's name has an important connection with a man's life?

(see the answer key)

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