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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. Who taught Chance how to tend the garden?
(a) A professional gardening company.
(b) A tall black man who once worked there.
(c) A kind next door neighbor.
(d) The Old Man.

2. What is the name of the woman from the car?
(a) Mrs. Benjamin Rand.
(b) Mrs. Eve Gardiner.
(c) Mrs. Randall Benjamin.
(d) Mrs. Ellen Harris.

3. What does EE offer Chance to help ease his pain?
(a) A massage of his injured leg.
(b) A couple of aspirin.
(c) A drink of cognac.
(d) She teaches him deep breathing techniques.

4. The Old Man did not leave something behind before he died. What was it?
(a) A burial plot.
(b) A suicide letter.
(c) A will.
(d) An autobiography.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the last two things Chance looks at before leaving?

2. When the doctor gets an injection ready to ease Chance's pain, what are Chance's thoughts?

3. Why did the Old Man retire from his former profession?

4. As EE discloses her private information, how does Chance react?

5. What surprised Chance about all of the papers spread out on the desk?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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