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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Chance refers to the "room upstairs", he refers to the room he is presently occupying. What does Mr. Rand believe he means?
(a) The presidency.
(b) The room in the Old Man's house.
(c) The roof of the house.
(d) Heaven.

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

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

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 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 hopeful.
(c) Chance is saddened.
(d) Chance is confused.

6. What does Chance realize once he has locked the gate behind him and stepped outside?
(a) How happy he is now.
(b) The Old Man did not really die.
(c) He left something behind.
(d) He can never return to the garden.

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

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

9. What does the woman Chance meets right after leaving the Old Man's house offer to him?
(a) She offers to bring him to her home because a doctor is there.
(b) She offers to bring him to the hospital.
(c) She offers him money for his injuries.
(d) She offers to give him a ride back to his home.

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

11. What does Mr. Franklin assume when Chance will not sign the paper?
(a) He assumes that Chance will not withdraw a claim against the estate.
(b) He thinks Chance wants his own lawyer to look at it first.
(c) He assumes that Chance wants better terms.
(d) He believes Chance needs more time to read it over.

12. What does EE offer Chance to help ease his pain?
(a) A massage of his injured leg.
(b) A drink of cognac.
(c) A couple of aspirin.
(d) She teaches him deep breathing techniques.

13. 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) She has no children and her husband no longer sees his only son.
(c) Her only child does not get along with her husband.
(d) Both she and Mr. Rand are childless.

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

15. What does the woman in the limousine understand Chance's name to be?
(a) Chauncey Gardiner.
(b) Lucky Chance.
(c) Basil Gardiner.
(d) Old Man Chauncey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Old Man's former profession?

2. Being outside in the world seems familiar to Chance. What does it remind him of?

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

4. Where is Louise originally from?

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

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