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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who else is spying on Gardiner?
(a) No one else.
(b) Russia and West Germany.
(c) Eight other foreign powers.
(d) Two European nations.

2. 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.

3. What does the Russian Ambassador take a chance on doing during his speech to the International Congress of the Mercantile Association in Philadelphia?
(a) He speaks of Chauncy Gardiner's love of Krylov's fables.
(b) He encourages Chauncy Gardiner to run for President of the United States.
(c) He makes a veiled threat to the United States President.
(d) He speaks about Chauncy Gardiner as an enlightened statesman.

4. What are the President's thoughts about the government in relation to Gardiner?
(a) He thinks it's possible that the Federal Government is being undermined.
(b) He knows the answer to Gardiner's identity will be forthcoming soon.
(c) He is impressed with the power of the government.
(d) He is starting to think it is all a big joke.

5. Who does Sulkin think Gardiner actually is?
(a) A Republican masquerading as a Democrat to get inside information.
(b) A major leader of the American Communist Party preparing for a revolution.
(c) A leading member of an American elitist faction planning a coup d'etat.
(d) A German spy.

6. When were Chance's fingerprints checked out?
(a) After the dinner at the U.N.
(b) During the President's meeting with him.
(c) Before the President's visit to the Rand's home.
(d) After his appearance on TV.

7. Who is coming to visit Mr. Rand at his home in Chapter 4?
(a) The President of the United States.
(b) The Governor of New York.
(c) The Head of the Financial Institute.
(d) The Chief of Surgery from the Cleveland Clinic.

8. When Tom Courtney of the New York Times telephones Chance to interview him, what does Chance say?
(a) He tells Mr. Courtney that he prefers to speak about gardening and how important it is.
(b) He has no comment other than to say he enjoyed his meeting with the President.
(c) He tells Mr. Courtney about the Old Man's house and how he was asked to leave.
(d) He answers all of Mr. Courtney's questions.

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

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

11. 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 will give an in-depth interview the next day.
(b) Mr. Gardiner cherishes his privacy.
(c) Mrs. Rand tell the President's secretary to leave the family alone for now.
(d) Mrs. Rand says she knows nothing at all about Mr. Gardiner.

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

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

14. What dissuades Grunmann from this initial conclusion about Chance?
(a) Chance does not own any weapons.
(b) Chance does not appear to be capable of doing harm.
(c) Chance watches too much TV.
(d) Chance has no American documentation.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Never having appeared on television before, what does Chance do?

3. EE gets Mrs. Aubrey to help Chance. What kind of service does Mrs. Aubrey provide?

4. What favor does Mr. Rand ask of Chance when he sees him after the program?

5. When Chance tells the man that he wants to tell EE where they are going, what is the man's response?

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