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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the last time Chance left the house?
(a) He has never left.
(b) To get the mail.
(c) Two years ago.
(d) To go for a walk in the rain.

2. Why did the Old Man retire from his former profession?
(a) He wanted to spend more time in his home.
(b) He broke his hip at the age of 72.
(c) He developed a rare disease when he was 65 years old.
(d) He was hit by a car and could no longer work.

3. In what way did Chance believe that the garden was its own graveyard?
(a) There were people buried under parts of the garden.
(b) The garden was so peaceful, like a cemetery.
(c) Under every tree and plant there were decomposing roots.
(d) He knew he would be buried in that garden one day.

4. What is the result of Sulkin's analysis of Gardiner?
(a) He is merely a gardener having a joke on us all.
(b) He is a fraud impersonating an American political figure.
(c) He is a very emotionally well-adjusted American political figure.
(d) He has no real politcal clout in America.

5. How does Chance introduce himself once he is in the limousine?
(a) Chance.
(b) Chance the gardener.
(c) Chance from the Old Man's house.
(d) Chance, as in luck.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Mr. Franklin have a record of the Old Man's affairs?

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

4. When were Chance's fingerprints checked out?

5. How did Chance get his name?

(see the answer key)

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