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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Rand ask Chance to think over?
(a) Helping EE with her social affairs.
(b) Giving a time frame for leaving his home.
(c) A possible position within his company.
(d) Getting a second medical opinion.

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

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

5. What does Chance notice in the back seat of EE's limousine, above the bar?
(a) A sliding window to speak with the driver.
(b) A two-way radio.
(c) A photo of a garden.
(d) A small TV set.

6. In what way did people exist for Chance?
(a) When Chance turned his eyes on them, as on TV.
(b) When people laughed at him.
(c) People did not exist for Chance.
(d) When he ignored them.

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

12. Who is the "fat maid"?
(a) She is Chance's favorite maid.
(b) She is one of the many maids in the Old Man's house.
(c) She took the place of Louise when Louise left.
(d) She is Louise's best friend.

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) Into the garden.
(d) To the kitchen to make a sandwich.

14. What do readers know about the fat maid?
(a) She was once married to the Old Man.
(b) She watches TV with Chance.
(c) She is from another country and doesn't understand what is said on TV.
(d) She sits and reads to Chance every night.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As EE discloses her private information, how does Chance react?

2. What had Chance been paid for his gardening chores over the years?

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

4. What clothes did Chance change into when he learned he had a visitor?

5. What puzzles Mr. Franklin about Chance?

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