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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What has happened to one Soviet agent as a result of his background investigation of Mr. Gardiner?
(a) He was murdered by his own countrymen.
(b) He was promoted after finding more information about Gardiner.
(c) He was discovered to be a spy.
(d) He returned to the Soviet Union in disgrace.

4. What does Grunmann first suspect about Chance?
(a) That he plans to assasinate the President.
(b) That he might be an agent of a foreign power.
(c) That he is preparing a coup d'etat.
(d) That he is insane.

5. 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) He would rather be on television again.
(b) They will have to wait.
(c) That he cannot give them anything.
(d) He wants to speak with them now.

6. What invitation does EE extend to Chance the morning after Chance's appearance on "This Evening"?
(a) To go to her bedroom.
(b) To go to a play about the President.
(c) To go on living with them for a while longer.
(d) To marry her after she divorces Benjamin.

7. Why is EE so upset with herself and Chance's reaction to her statements of love?
(a) She thinks Chance will not love her because she is married.
(b) She believes she is too good for Chance.
(c) She thinks he does not love her.
(d) She believes he finds her very ugly to look at.

8. What favor does Mr. Rand ask of Chance when he sees him after the program?
(a) He asks Chance to escort EE to a United Nations reception.
(b) He asks Chance how he'd never heard of him before.
(c) He asks Chance if he was nervous during the interview.
(d) He asks Chance to marry EE after he dies.

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

10. What is the one thing Grunmann has found out about Chance by snooping on him in New York?
(a) He is in love with EE Rand.
(b) He has no money to his name.
(c) All he does in watch TV constantly.
(d) He is preparing to murder Mr. Rand.

11. What does Chance say to Mrs. Aubrey when she tells him about all of the people who want interviews with him?
(a) He tells her to set all of them up for the next morning.
(b) He admits to her that he is not comfortable with them.
(c) He tells her he does not want to meet those people.
(d) He tells her he would rather watch television.

12. After the U.N. reception, where does EE take Chance?
(a) To the offices of Women's Wear Daily.
(b) To a television station for another interview.
(c) To a dinner party at a friend's home.
(d) Back home to her bedroom.

13. When a man sitting across from Chance asks him what the government will do about industrial poisons, what is Chance's response?
(a) He refuses to give an answer.
(b) There is no other choice but to use poisons.
(c) Industry must thrive no matter what.
(d) Poisons are bad for a garden.

14. When Ambassador Skrapinov can get no information on Chance's background from the Special Section, what is his reaction?
(a) He is happy that there is no bad news to report on Chance.
(b) He cannot believe that Chance has no history.
(c) He accepts that Chance has no history and lets it go at that.
(d) He has the agent from the Special Section promoted.

15. When the President of the United States requests a dossier on Chance, what is he given?
(a) Chance's social security number and his birth certificate.
(b) A copy of Chance's birth certificate.
(c) A history of Chance's years at the Old Man's house.
(d) Information about the car accident and a transcript of Chance's appearance on TV.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is coming to visit Mr. Rand at his home in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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