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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Chance like the plants outside in the garden?
(a) He grew lively every spring.
(b) He always smelled sweet.
(c) He was colorful and lively.
(d) He was silent, open in sunshine and heavy in rain.

2. What does Mr. Franklin initially tell Chance he needs to have to allow him to go on living in the house?
(a) A written essay outlining the past twenty five years.
(b) Photos of him and the Old Man together.
(c) Some proof of his identity and his employment.
(d) A certified letter from the Old Man.

3. What puzzles Mr. Franklin about Chance?
(a) Why the house is so old.
(b) Chance's accent.
(c) Why there is a television in Chance's room.
(d) Chance's name appears nowhere in his records of house employees.

4. According to Chance, what was one of the benefits of his position?
(a) He could eat as much food as he liked.
(b) He was allowed to drive the Old Man's car.
(c) He was allowed to wear any of the Old Man's clothing from the attic.
(d) He was given a generous health insurance policy.

5. What TV character does Chance choose to imitate when having dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Rand?
(a) A detective investigating a murder.
(b) An insurance salesman trying to make a sale.
(c) A young businessman dining with his boss and the boss's daughter.
(d) A man having dinner with his girlfriend and her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Chance been paid for his gardening chores over the years?

2. Where had Louise gone to live after leaving the Old Man's house?

3. Who called Chance on the telephone and asked him to come up to the study?

4. In what way did Chance believe that the garden was its own graveyard?

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

(see the answer key)

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