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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Chance changed the channel on the TV, what did he believe he could do?
(a) He might break the TV set.
(b) He could find the perfect TV show.
(c) He could change himself.
(d) He could find a gardening show.

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

4. Why couldn't Chance leave the Old Man's house or go beyond the garden gate?
(a) He couldn't walk very well.
(b) He had some sort of brain damage.
(c) He had no money of his own.
(d) He did not speak English.

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

6. The Old Man did not leave something behind before he died. What was it?
(a) An autobiography.
(b) A burial plot.
(c) A will.
(d) A suicide letter.

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

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

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

10. In what way did Chance believe that the garden was its own graveyard?
(a) The garden was so peaceful, like a cemetery.
(b) Under every tree and plant there were decomposing roots.
(c) There were people buried under parts of the garden.
(d) He knew he would be buried in that garden one day.

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

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

13. When Chance sees the Old Man lying dead in his bedroom, why was the fat maid on the telephone?
(a) She had called the Old Man's lawyer.
(b) She had just called the doctor.
(c) She had just called Louise.
(d) She was calling her mother.

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

15. When the doctor gets an injection ready to ease Chance's pain, what are Chance's thoughts?
(a) He thinks he should scream.
(b) He expects it to hurt but doesn't know how to show his fear.
(c) He knows it won't hurt but forgets how to act brave.
(d) He fears the doctor and wants him to leave but doesn't know what to say.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Franklin first ask Chance?

2. Where does Chance go after taking his leave of the lawyer and his assistant?

3. What does Chance discover has happened to Louise?

4. Where is Louise originally from?

5. Where had Louise gone to live after leaving the Old Man's house?

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