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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does EE make of Chance's reluctance to receive her advances?
(a) She believes he is a man of restraint and is waiting for her husband's death.
(b) She cannot understand any of it and takes off in a huff.
(c) She is angry that he doesn't find her attractive.
(d) She thinks he prefers men to women.

2. Who is Mr. Rand expecting to come to the house to do a routine inspection?
(a) The CIA.
(b) The local police.
(c) The FBI.
(d) The Secret Service.

3. Why does EE find herself falling in love with Chance?
(a) He speaks to her of love quite often.
(b) He is a wealthy man who can continue to support her.
(c) He is a pitiful character and she wants to take care of him.
(d) He is self-reliant, very confident and quite handsome.

4. When Chance accepts an invitation to appear on a live TV show, what are his thoughts?
(a) He hopes he will find out how a TV show is produced.
(b) He wants to know if he could really become an actor.
(c) He wonders how he will be changed as a result of being on the screen.
(d) He wants to discover what the host of the show is like in real life.

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

6. When Chance tells Stiegler that he can neither read or write, what does Stiegler take this to mean?
(a) He believes Chance is asking for writing assistance and that he has no time to read.
(b) He thinks Chance is dyslexic.
(c) He thinks Chance is making a huge joke and laughs along with it.
(d) He believes Chance is telling the truth and walks away.

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

8. A woman at dinner sitting on Chance's left at dinner asks him about the war. What is his reply?
(a) He has seen many wars on TV.
(b) He has served in war.
(c) War must lead to peace.
(d) The war is practically over.

9. How does Chance feel about EE being in bed next to him once they get home?
(a) He is terrified to be alone with her.
(b) He is sexually excited by being with her.
(c) He prefers to just look at her and thereby memorize and possess her.
(d) He wants to touch her one spot at a time.

10. During his speech to the Financial Institute, what does the President say about his meeting with Mr. Rand?
(a) He met with Mr. Rand and a friend of his who was ill.
(b) He met Mr. Chauncy Gardiner and they spoke of how the dollar compares with the Euro.
(c) He spoke with Mr. Chauncy Gardiner on the benefits of inflation.
(d) Mr. Rand is ill and near death.

11. When Chance tells the man that he just wants to watch, what is the man's reaction?
(a) He is giddy with delight.
(b) He is amazed.
(c) He is repulsed.
(d) He is horrified.

12. What does EE tell the President's secretary about Mr. Gardiner's intentions?
(a) She believes his intentions are for the good of America.
(b) She knows his intentions are to run for President in the next election.
(c) She feels he intends to marry her as soon as Mr. Rand is gone.
(d) She feels he intends to become more active now that Mr. Rand is bedridden.

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

14. What does Chance admit to reporters waiting to interview him as he and EE leave?
(a) That he does not read newspapers but gets his news from TV.
(b) That he reads every newspaper available.
(c) That he does not belong with this group of people.
(d) That he knows nothing of world news.

15. What does Grunmann tell the President about the Soviets?
(a) That Skrapinov has been insulted by Gardiner.
(b) That Gardiner could be one of their spies.
(c) They are making progress on Gardiner's identity.
(d) That their curiosity about Gardiner has also turned up nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the President of the United States tries to get information on Chance from EE, what does his secretary report to him?

2. What does Sulkin of the Foreign Department show Skrapinov as a result of his investigation of Chauncey Gardiner?

3. What does EE discover about Chance after going through all of his belongings and asking him questions about his past?

4. Who does Sulkin think Gardiner actually is?

5. Where does Chance's secretary tell Chance she has seen his photographs the next morning?

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