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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who called Chance on the telephone and asked him to come up to the study?
(a) The fat maid.
(b) Louise, the former maid.
(c) The Old Man.
(d) Thomas Franklin, an estate lawyer.

3. What day is it when the novel begins?
(a) Saturday.
(b) We are not told.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Tuesday.

4. What was the Old Man's former profession?
(a) He was a wealthy investor.
(b) He was an accountant.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He owned a landscaping company.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What medical condition did Chance's mother have?

2. What did Chance do upon entering the Old Man's bedroom and seeing him dead upon the bed?

3. Why couldn't Chance leave the Old Man's house or go beyond the garden gate?

4. The Old Man did not leave something behind before he died. What was it?

5. When Chance is asked to come up to the study, what is the name of woman he meets?

(see the answer key)

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