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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) Lucky Chance.
(c) Chauncey Gardiner.
(d) Old Man Chauncey.

2. What TV character does Chance choose to imitate when having dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Rand?
(a) An insurance salesman trying to make a sale.
(b) A young businessman dining with his boss and the boss's daughter.
(c) A man having dinner with his girlfriend and her father.
(d) A detective investigating a murder.

3. What does Chance insist he has done all of his life?
(a) Been a gardener living in the house.
(b) Cooked all of the Old Man's meals.
(c) Fixed televisions.
(d) Read many, many books.

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

5. 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 trust it since Louise was once trapped in it.
(d) He didn't understand how it worked.

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

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

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

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

10. What do Mr. Franklin and his assistant call Chance?
(a) Chancellor.
(b) Chancey.
(c) Chauncy.
(d) Mr. Chance.

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

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

13. Why did the Old Man retire from his former profession?
(a) He was hit by a car and could no longer work.
(b) He wanted to spend more time in his home.
(c) He developed a rare disease when he was 65 years old.
(d) He broke his hip at the age of 72.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Chance is asked to come up to the study, what is the name of woman he meets?

2. In what way does Chance think that plants are like people?

3. What happens to Chance soon after he begins walking around?

4. Where was the Old Man in the bedroom?

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

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