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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. As EE discloses her private information, how does Chance react?
(a) He repeats some parts of her sentences as he has seen done on TV.
(b) He turns on the TV so he does not have to listen.
(c) He begins to cry at times.
(d) He tries to change the subject as he has seen done on TV.

5. What medical condition did Chance's mother have?
(a) High blood pressure.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Brain damage.
(d) Diabetes.

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

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

8. 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.

9. What clothes did Chance change into when he learned he had a visitor?
(a) A white shirt and black pants.
(b) A pair of jeans and a hat.
(c) His gardening clothes.
(d) His best suit and a pair of large sunglasses.

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

11. When Chance saw a figure on the TV screen, what did he imagine he was looking at?
(a) The father he did not know.
(b) His own reflection.
(c) Someone he knew from his past.
(d) His dead mother.

12. Was Chance curious about life outside the walls of the garden?
(a) Yes, he always thought about it.
(b) Not at all.
(c) He was curious about street sounds only.
(d) We are never told.

13. Why does Chance think that a man's name has an important connection with a man's life?
(a) A man's name describes exactly what he does for a living.
(b) A name decides what type of person you really are.
(c) A name is connected to family trees.
(d) People on TV have two names; a real one and a performing one.

14. What did Chance believe he could do just by turning the TV dial?
(a) He could bring the people on TV inside his eyelids.
(b) He could change the world.
(c) He could enter the TV and become an actor in it.
(d) He could break it if he went too fast.

15. 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 banned from the garden.
(d) He would be sent to an insane asylum.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why did the Old Man retire from his former profession?

4. What TV character does Chance choose to imitate when having dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Rand?

5. When Chance refers to the "room upstairs", he refers to the room he is presently occupying. What does Mr. Rand believe he means?

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