View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who taught Chance how to tend the garden?
(a) A tall black man who once worked there.
(b) A kind next door neighbor.
(c) The Old Man.
(d) A professional gardening company.

2. Why did Chance think things would immediately change now that the Old Man was gone?
(a) The maid told him so.
(b) A lawyer phoned him to tell him this.
(c) He read it in a book.
(d) That was the way things worked on TV shows.

3. What did the Old Man's bedroom look like?
(a) It had nearly no furniture or books in it.
(b) It had photos of Chance on evey wall.
(c) It was small and cozy.
(d) It had a very high ceiling and built-in bookshelves.

4. What medical condition did Chance's mother have?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) High blood pressure.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Brain damage.

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

6. What does Mr. Franklin first ask Chance?
(a) He asks him how many days he's been in the house.
(b) He asks how rooms are in the house.
(c) He asks Chance if he has any relatives.
(d) He asks Chance for some food.

7. How does Chance feel when he is in the garden?
(a) Bored.
(b) Safe and secure.
(c) Tired because of all the weeding to be done.
(d) Nervous most of the time.

8. When Chance sees the Old Man lying dead in his bedroom, why was the fat maid on the telephone?
(a) She had just called the doctor.
(b) She had just called Louise.
(c) She was calling her mother.
(d) She had called the Old Man's lawyer.

9. When was the last time Chance left the house?
(a) Two years ago.
(b) To go for a walk in the rain.
(c) To get the mail.
(d) He has never left.

10. When Chance saw a figure on the TV screen, what did he imagine he was looking at?
(a) His dead mother.
(b) His own reflection.
(c) The father he did not know.
(d) Someone he knew from his past.

11. How long has Chance known Louise, the maid?
(a) He barely remembers Louise.
(b) For ten years.
(c) Ever since he was a little boy.
(d) Since she arrived at the house 5 years ago.

12. What had Chance been paid for his gardening chores over the years?
(a) He was paid $200 per week.
(b) He received a new car every year.
(c) He was given a home near the Old Man's house.
(d) He was given meals, a room and a television.

13. Where is Louise originally from?
(a) England.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) Barbados.
(d) Germany

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

15. What does EE discover upon talking to Chance when he wakes up?
(a) That he blames her for the accident.
(b) That he has no wife or no family.
(c) That he was once married but his wife died.
(d) That he was a gardener in the Old Man's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the main character in the book?

2. When Chance changed the channel on the TV, what did he believe he could do?

3. What do readers know about the fat maid?

4. What does Mr. Rand ask Chance to think over?

5. Why couldn't Chance leave the Old Man's house or go beyond the garden gate?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 679 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample