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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Chance explain his reason for not signing the paper?
(a) He says his eyes are tired from crying.
(b) He tells the truth, saying he cannot sign it.
(c) He says his lawyer must look at it.
(d) He tells the truth, saying he cannot read.

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

3. What puzzles Mr. Franklin about Chance?
(a) Chance's accent.
(b) Why there is a television in Chance's room.
(c) Chance's name appears nowhere in his records of house employees.
(d) Why the house is so old.

4. Who called Chance on the telephone and asked him to come up to the study?
(a) Thomas Franklin, an estate lawyer.
(b) The fat maid.
(c) Louise, the former maid.
(d) The Old Man.

5. What did Chance do upon entering the Old Man's bedroom and seeing him dead upon the bed?
(a) He began to cry.
(b) He went over to the maid and hugged her.
(c) He looked at the Old Man and stared into his face.
(d) He fainted and fell to the floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the Old Man in the bedroom?

2. How does the woman explain her nickname?

3. How long has Chance known Louise, the maid?

4. The Old Man did not leave something behind before he died. What was it?

5. What is the invitation that EE extends to Chance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think Chance acted appropriately in response to the Old Man's death in Chapter 1?

2. How does the day begin after the Old Man dies in Chapter 2 ?

3. Why do you believe that Chance thinks and feels the way he does as described in Chapter 1?

4. Why does EE decide to invite Chance to stay at her home?

5. Chapter 2 explains how Chance feels when he does not look at people. Explain this feeling.

6. Why can't the new maid in the Old Man's house vouch for Chance belonging there?

7. At what point in Chapter 2 does Chance realize things will now change?

8. Readers discover how Chance got his name in Chapter 1. How did he get his name?

9. By Chapter 3, the author has shown the reader what Chance's personality is like. How would a reader describe Chance's personality?

10. In Chapter 2, what are Mr. Franklin and Miss Hayes trying to discover about Chance?

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