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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mrs. Aubrey tells Chance that the Wall Street Journal has predicted his appointment to a Financial Corporation Board and they would like a statement from him, what does Chance say?
(a) They will have to wait.
(b) He wants to speak with them now.
(c) That he cannot give them anything.
(d) He would rather be on television again.

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

3. When Chance accepts an invitation to appear on a live TV show, what are his thoughts?
(a) He wonders how he will be changed as a result of being on the screen.
(b) He wants to discover what the host of the show is like in real life.
(c) He wants to know if he could really become an actor.
(d) He hopes he will find out how a TV show is produced.

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

5. What makes Chance think he should not be drinking the wine?
(a) He prefers harder liquor.
(b) He has had it before and has gotten drunk.
(c) He thinnks it is too expensive.
(d) He has seen what it does to people on TV.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a man sitting across from Chance asks him what the government will do about industrial poisons, what is Chance's response?

2. What does the Russian Ambassador take a chance on doing during his speech to the International Congress of the Mercantile Association in Philadelphia?

3. What surprised Chance about all of the papers spread out on the desk?

4. What was Chance watching on TV when the inspectors arrived?

5. Where has Chance seen the President before?

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