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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do readers know about the fat maid?
(a) She sits and reads to Chance every night.
(b) She was once married to the Old Man.
(c) She watches TV with Chance.
(d) She is from another country and doesn't understand what is said on TV.

2. When Chance looks in the large hall mirror, what does he see?
(a) That he's all grown up.
(b) How ugly he's become.
(c) A young boy.
(d) Nothing.

3. What does Chance do when Mr. Franklin gives him a piece of paper to read and sign?
(a) He begins to cry because he cannot read it.
(b) He reads the paper aloud.
(c) He imitates what he's seen people on TV do when they found themselves in a similar situation.
(d) He takes the paper and gets frustrated, ripping it into pieces.

4. What sound was the fat maid making as Chance entered the Old Man's bedroom?
(a) She was on her knees, praying.
(b) She was screeching.
(c) She was crying softly.
(d) She was laughing.

5. Where is Louise originally from?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Germany
(c) Barbados.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What puzzles Mr. Franklin about Chance?

2. In what way did the Old Man threaten Chance if he didn't do as he was told?

3. How did Chance get his name?

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

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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