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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mrs. Aubrey tells Chance that the Wall Street Journal has predicted his appointment to a Financial Corporation Board and they would like a statement from him, what does Chance say?
(a) That he cannot give them anything.
(b) He would rather be on television again.
(c) He wants to speak with them now.
(d) They will have to wait.

2. When the man asks Chance if he wants to go upstairs, what are Chance's thoughts?
(a) He hopes the man wants to go upstairs to watch television.
(b) He wonders if the man wants to also talk about books.
(c) He thinks the man is quite attractive.
(d) He is not sure if it is something he knows how to do.

3. What does Chance's supposed code name remind Skrapinov of?
(a) The glory of Marxism.
(b) Someone who has no intelligence.
(c) His many victories in World War II.
(d) His ruined career in espionage.

4. What does Sulkin think Gardiner's code name should be?
(a) "Blank page."
(b) "Garden."
(c) "Krylov."
(d) "Comrade fable."

5. When the President of the United States tries to get information on Chance from EE, what does his secretary report to him?
(a) Mr. Gardiner cherishes his privacy.
(b) Mrs. Rand says she knows nothing at all about Mr. Gardiner.
(c) Mrs. Rand tell the President's secretary to leave the family alone for now.
(d) Mr. Gardiner will give an in-depth interview the next day.

6. What does Grunmann find out about Chance's past at the President's request?
(a) He lived for years with the Old Man.
(b) His real name is Chance, not Chauncey Gardiner.
(c) He was a professional gardener.
(d) There are no records on him at all.

7. What is the result of Sulkin's analysis of Gardiner?
(a) He has no real politcal clout in America.
(b) He is a fraud impersonating an American political figure.
(c) He is merely a gardener having a joke on us all.
(d) He is a very emotionally well-adjusted American political figure.

8. What kind of feelings does Chance evoke in EE?
(a) Depression and hopelessness.
(b) Feelings of sadness and aloneness.
(c) The glories of love and selflessness.
(d) The feeling of freedom and self-revelation.

9. When EE tries to seduce Chance in his bedroom, what is his first reaction?
(a) He is repulsed.
(b) He realizes he is in love.
(c) He is bewildered.
(d) He is ecstatic.

10. What does EE tell Chance before she leaves his room?
(a) That she is angry with him.
(b) That he watches too much TV.
(c) That she loves him.
(d) That she can't wait for him much longer.

11. When a man with long gray hair first sits down to speak with Chance, what does Chance understand about what he is saying?
(a) He understands that the man is propositioning him.
(b) He does not understand what the man is talking about.
(c) He knows the man is talking about politics.
(d) He believes the man wants to have a laugh with him.

12. What does Sulkin praise Skrapinov for having?
(a) A true Marxist instinct.
(b) Good taste in literature.
(c) Intelligence of the highest quality.
(d) Excellent conversational skills.

13. Never having appeared on television before, what does Chance do?
(a) He continues talking during commercials, not realizing there is a break in the show.
(b) He gets very nervous and stumbles over his words.
(c) He makes a fool of himself by saying ridiculous things.
(d) He imitates what he has seen on TV many times before.

14. What does Sulkin of the Foreign Department show Skrapinov as a result of his investigation of Chauncey Gardiner?
(a) A transcript of Chance's conversations with EE.
(b) A full dossier on Gardiner's past with the CIA.
(c) Only the details of the car accident Chance was in.
(d) A blank piece of paper.

15. Where has EE gone the morning after Chance has slept at her home?
(a) To Cleveland.
(b) To Denver.
(c) To Washington, D.C.
(d) To Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grunmann tell the President about the Soviets?

2. When Chance tells Stiegler that he can neither read or write, what does Stiegler take this to mean?

3. What does Grunmann first suspect about Chance?

4. Where has Chance seen the President before?

5. When Chance accepts an invitation to appear on a live TV show, what are his thoughts?

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