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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chance discover has happened to Louise?
(a) She inherited a lot of money.
(b) She has married the Old Man.
(c) She has taken another job.
(d) She died.

2. How does Mr. Franklin have a record of the Old Man's affairs?
(a) The Old Man was a partner in the law firm.
(b) The Old Man stipulated that his records be available to Mr. Franklin in his will.
(c) He hired a detective.
(d) He was the Old Man's best friend.

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

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

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

6. What did Chance believe he could do just by turning the TV dial?
(a) He could break it if he went too fast.
(b) He could enter the TV and become an actor in it.
(c) He could change the world.
(d) He could bring the people on TV inside his eyelids.

7. What happens to Chance soon after he begins walking around?
(a) Someone on a bicycle runs into him.
(b) Someone throws something from a building that hits his head.
(c) A woman is running and causes Chance to fall.
(d) He gets hit by a limousine.

8. What is the invitation that EE extends to Chance?
(a) She invites him to stay in their home until he is better.
(b) She invites him to stay until the following day.
(c) She invites him to join her husband's corporation.
(d) She invites him to a party that evening.

9. Why does Chance think that a man's name has an important connection with a man's life?
(a) People on TV have two names; a real one and a performing one.
(b) A name is connected to family trees.
(c) A man's name describes exactly what he does for a living.
(d) A name decides what type of person you really are.

10. What does Chance do the morning after Mr. Franklin's visit?
(a) He packs a suitcase.
(b) He prepares a large breakfast.
(c) He believes it was all a dream.
(d) He moves up to the Old Man's room.

11. What happens to Chance when the limousine makes a sharp sudden stop?
(a) He goes into hysterics.
(b) Nothing as he is oblivious.
(c) He falls into EE's lap.
(d) He blacks out.

12. What is Chance's reaction when Mr. Franklin asks him is he intends to make a claim against the estate?
(a) Chance is indignant.
(b) Chance is confused.
(c) Chance is saddened.
(d) Chance is hopeful.

13. What clothes did Chance change into when he learned he had a visitor?
(a) His gardening clothes.
(b) His best suit and a pair of large sunglasses.
(c) A white shirt and black pants.
(d) A pair of jeans and a hat.

14. What is Benjamin Rand's occupation?
(a) Chief Financial Officer of the National Reserve Bank.
(b) A partner in the prestigious law firm of Rand and Cooper.
(c) Chairman of the Board of the First Amercian Financial Corporation.
(d) A speechwriter for the President of the United States.

15. What does Chance insist he has done all of his life?
(a) Fixed televisions.
(b) Been a gardener living in the house.
(c) Cooked all of the Old Man's meals.
(d) Read many, many books.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Chance sees the Old Man lying dead in his bedroom, why was the fat maid on the telephone?

2. In what way did people exist for Chance?

3. What are the last two things Chance looks at before leaving?

4. How does Chance explain his reason for not signing the paper?

5. Mr. Rand believes that Chance has found the perfect metaphor for a productive businessman when Chance describes:

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