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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Chance is asked to come up to the study, what is the name of woman he meets?
(a) Miss Franklin.
(b) Mrs. O'Hara.
(c) Miss Hayes.
(d) Miss Thompson.

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

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

5. When a man sitting across from Chance asks him what the government will do about industrial poisons, what is Chance's response?
(a) Industry must thrive no matter what.
(b) He refuses to give an answer.
(c) Poisons are bad for a garden.
(d) There is no other choice but to use poisons.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tom Courtney of the New York Times telephones Chance to interview him, what does Chance say?

2. What does the woman in the limousine understand Chance's name to be?

3. What does Chance do when Mr. Franklin gives him a piece of paper to read and sign?

4. Where has Chance seen the President before?

5. During his speech to the Financial Institute, what does the President say about his meeting with Mr. Rand?

(see the answer key)

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