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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. In what way did people exist for Chance?
(a) People did not exist for Chance.
(b) When people laughed at him.
(c) When he ignored them.
(d) When Chance turned his eyes on them, as on TV.

2. What medical condition did Chance's mother have?
(a) Brain damage.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) High blood pressure.
(d) Diabetes.

3. What does Chance realize once he has locked the gate behind him and stepped outside?
(a) How happy he is now.
(b) He left something behind.
(c) The Old Man did not really die.
(d) He can never return to the garden.

4. What had Chance been paid for his gardening chores over the years?
(a) He was paid $200 per week.
(b) He was given meals, a room and a television.
(c) He was given a home near the Old Man's house.
(d) He received a new car every year.

5. Mr. Rand believes that Chance has found the perfect metaphor for a productive businessman when Chance describes:
(a) A good television program.
(b) His financial approach.
(c) The Old Man's law firm.
(d) A productive garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Rand ask Chance to think over?

2. What does EE offer Chance to help ease his pain?

3. What does Chance insist he has done all of his life?

4. What is Chance's reaction when Mr. Franklin asks him what his name is?

5. What does Mr. Franklin initially tell Chance he needs to have to allow him to go on living in the house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 1, when Chance is in the garden, what is his mood?

4. What surprises Chance about the outside world once he has left the Old Man's home?

5. In Chapter 1, in what way does Chance feel safe and secure in the garden?

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

7. When Chance goes upstairs to the study in Chapter 2, who is waiting for him there and what do they want?

8. Why does Chance wear sunglasses to meet with the lawyer and his assistant?

9. How did Chance know when it was time for him to leave the study?

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

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