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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the main character in the book?
(a) EE Rand.
(b) The Old Man.
(c) Chance.
(d) The President of the United States.

2. Chance basically did two things in the Old Man's house. Those two things were what?
(a) Take care of the Old Man and tend the garden.
(b) Prepare his meals and tend the garden.
(c) Tend the garden and watch TV.
(d) Sit with Louise and chat and watch TV.

3. What does Chance say to Mrs. Aubrey when she tells him about all of the people who want interviews with him?
(a) He tells her he would rather watch television.
(b) He tells her he does not want to meet those people.
(c) He tells her to set all of them up for the next morning.
(d) He admits to her that he is not comfortable with them.

4. When EE visits Chance in his room the next morning, what does she reveal to him?
(a) Her only child does not get along with her husband.
(b) She and Mr. Rand have three children together.
(c) She has no children and her husband no longer sees his only son.
(d) Both she and Mr. Rand are childless.

5. What does Grunmann first suspect about Chance?
(a) That he plans to assasinate the President.
(b) That he is insane.
(c) That he is preparing a coup d'etat.
(d) That he might be an agent of a foreign power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chance push his way through the dancing couples at the last party mentioned in the story?

2. What happens to Chance when the limousine makes a sharp sudden stop?

3. What is the result of Sulkin's analysis of Gardiner?

4. Who is the Vice President as the men in the suite speak?

5. Where does Chance go after taking his leave of the lawyer and his assistant?

(see the answer key)

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