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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. What does the woman in the limousine understand Chance's name to be?
(a) Lucky Chance.
(b) Old Man Chauncey.
(c) Basil Gardiner.
(d) Chauncey Gardiner.

2. Where is Louise originally from?
(a) Barbados.
(b) Germany
(c) England.
(d) Jamaica.

3. When Chance is asked to come up to the study, what is the name of woman he meets?
(a) Mrs. O'Hara.
(b) Miss Thompson.
(c) Miss Franklin.
(d) Miss Hayes.

4. What does the woman Chance meets right after leaving the Old Man's house offer to him?
(a) She offers him money for his injuries.
(b) She offers to give him a ride back to his home.
(c) She offers to bring him to her home because a doctor is there.
(d) She offers to bring him to the hospital.

5. Who is the main character in the book?
(a) Chance.
(b) The Old Man.
(c) The President of the United States.
(d) EE Rand.

Short Answer Questions

1. When EE visits Chance in his room the next morning, what does she reveal to him?

2. Where did Chance go after viewing the Old Man's dead body?

3. What puzzles Mr. Franklin about Chance?

4. How does the woman explain her nickname?

5. What did the Old Man's bedroom look like?

Short Essay Questions

1. After reading Chapter One, do you believe that Chance has the capacity to feel emotion?

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

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

4. What is the maid's reaction to the Old Man's death in Chapter 1?

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

6. Chance notices the TV in the rear of the car and asks if it works. Why does EE assume that he wants to watch TV at a time like this?

7. Why is Mr. Rand so impressed at dinner with Chance's description of having a suitable garden?

8. When Chance is hit by the limousine and Mrs. Rand steps out, what is familiar about her to Chance?

9. Why is it that Chance does not appear in any of Mr. Franklin's records?

10. Why does Chance pretend to be able to read the paper that the lawyer gives him to sign?

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