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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the last two things Chance looks at before leaving?
(a) The garden and the TV.
(b) The attic and the garden.
(c) The TV and the Old Man's room.
(d) The garden and the kitchen.

2. What does Mr. Franklin initially tell Chance he needs to have to allow him to go on living in the house?
(a) Photos of him and the Old Man together.
(b) A written essay outlining the past twenty five years.
(c) Some proof of his identity and his employment.
(d) A certified letter from the Old Man.

3. What does Chance realize he cannot reveal while looking over the paper?
(a) That he is responsible for the Old Man's death.
(b) That he will never leave the house.
(c) That he already knows what is written there.
(d) That he cannot read or write.

4. 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 roof of the house.
(b) Heaven.
(c) The room in the Old Man's house.
(d) The presidency.

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

6. Why didn't Chance like to take the elevator in the house?
(a) He preferred to take the stairs for exercise.
(b) It was broken.
(c) He didn't understand how it worked.
(d) He didn't trust it since Louise was once trapped in it.

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

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

9. What is Chance's reaction when Mr. Franklin asks him what his name is?
(a) He is very surprised.
(b) He is suspicious.
(c) He is uneasy.
(d) He is happy.

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

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

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

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

14. How was Chance like the plants outside in the garden?
(a) He always smelled sweet.
(b) He was silent, open in sunshine and heavy in rain.
(c) He grew lively every spring.
(d) He was colorful and lively.

15. What puzzles Mr. Franklin about Chance?
(a) Chance's name appears nowhere in his records of house employees.
(b) Why the house is so old.
(c) Why there is a television in Chance's room.
(d) Chance's accent.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way did people exist for Chance?

2. What do Mr. Franklin and his assistant call Chance?

3. When Chance saw a figure on the TV screen, what did he imagine he was looking at?

4. What did Chance believe he could do just by turning the TV dial?

5. The Old Man did not leave something behind before he died. What was it?

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