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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Chance believe he could do just by turning the TV dial?
(a) He could enter the TV and become an actor in it.
(b) He could bring the people on TV inside his eyelids.
(c) He could break it if he went too fast.
(d) He could change the world.

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

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

4. Who is the main character in the book?
(a) The President of the United States.
(b) The Old Man.
(c) Chance.
(d) EE Rand.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chance basically did two things in the Old Man's house. Those two things were what?

2. How did Chance get his name?

3. How does Chance feel when he is in the garden?

4. What did the Old Man's bedroom look like?

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

(see the answer key)

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