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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the Old Man in the bedroom?
(a) On his bed with only one eye open.
(b) Sitting beside a window.
(c) Under the bed, feet sticking out.
(d) On the floor.

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

3. What is the name of the woman from the car?
(a) Mrs. Ellen Harris.
(b) Mrs. Randall Benjamin.
(c) Mrs. Benjamin Rand.
(d) Mrs. Eve Gardiner.

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

5. What day is it when the novel begins?
(a) Saturday.
(b) We are not told.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Tuesday.

6. In what way did the Old Man threaten Chance if he didn't do as he was told?
(a) He would be banned from the garden.
(b) His television would be taken away from him.
(c) He would be sent to an insane asylum.
(d) He would be sent to bed without supper

7. How did Chance get his name?
(a) He had been born by chance.
(b) He did a lot of risky things.
(c) He loved to gamble.
(d) The Old Man took a chance by adopting him.

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

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

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

11. 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) He left something behind.
(d) The Old Man did not really die.

12. Mr. Rand believes that Chance has found the perfect metaphor for a productive businessman when Chance describes:
(a) A productive garden.
(b) His financial approach.
(c) The Old Man's law firm.
(d) A good television program.

13. In what way does Chance think that plants are like people?
(a) Both have goals and dreams.
(b) Both need care to be happy and healthy.
(c) Both need very little care to thrive.
(d) Both can be compared to television.

14. What does Mr. Franklin inform Chance will happen the next day by noon?
(a) He will be served with a warrant for his arrest.
(b) He will be moved up to live in the Old Man's bedroom.
(c) The house willl be under construction for renovations.
(d) The doors to the house and gates to the garden will be locked.

15. 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) The presidency.
(c) Heaven.
(d) The room in the Old Man's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound was the fat maid making as Chance entered the Old Man's bedroom?

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

3. What does Chance do the morning after Mr. Franklin's visit?

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

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

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