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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the Old Man in the bedroom?
(a) Under the bed, feet sticking out.
(b) On the floor.
(c) On his bed with only one eye open.
(d) Sitting beside a window.

2. What invitation does EE extend to Chance the morning after Chance's appearance on "This Evening"?
(a) To marry her after she divorces Benjamin.
(b) To go to her bedroom.
(c) To go to a play about the President.
(d) To go on living with them for a while longer.

3. How does Chance feel about EE being in bed next to him once they get home?
(a) He is terrified to be alone with her.
(b) He wants to touch her one spot at a time.
(c) He is sexually excited by being with her.
(d) He prefers to just look at her and thereby memorize and possess her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Chance stare directly into the President's eyes when he meets him?

3. What does Mr. Franklin first ask Chance?

4. What is Chance's reaction when Mr. Franklin asks him what his name is?

5. What is Benjamin Rand's occupation?

(see the answer key)

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