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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) It was broken.
(c) He preferred to take the stairs for exercise.
(d) He didn't trust it since Louise was once trapped in it.

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

3. Where did Chance go after viewing the Old Man's dead body?
(a) Outside to catch a bus.
(b) To the kitchen to make a sandwich.
(c) To his room to watch TV.
(d) Into the garden.

4. When Chance sees the Old Man lying dead in his bedroom, why was the fat maid on the telephone?
(a) She had called the Old Man's lawyer.
(b) She had just called the doctor.
(c) She had just called Louise.
(d) She was calling her mother.

5. Where does Chance go after taking his leave of the lawyer and his assistant?
(a) To his room to watch a TV show.
(b) He makes a telephone call to a lawyer.
(c) To the kitchen to make a sandwich.
(d) To the garden to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way did people exist for Chance?

2. What was the Old Man's former profession?

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

4. What does Mr. Franklin inform Chance will happen the next day by noon?

5. In what way does Chance think that plants differ from people?

(see the answer key)

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