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

2. Where does Chance go after taking his leave of the lawyer and his assistant?
(a) To his room to watch a TV show.
(b) To the garden to work.
(c) To the kitchen to make a sandwich.
(d) He makes a telephone call to a lawyer.

3. What clothes did Chance change into when he learned he had a visitor?
(a) His best suit and a pair of large sunglasses.
(b) His gardening clothes.
(c) A white shirt and black pants.
(d) A pair of jeans and a hat.

4. In what way does Chance think that plants are like people?
(a) Both need care to be happy and healthy.
(b) Both need very little care to thrive.
(c) Both have goals and dreams.
(d) Both can be compared to television.

5. What separated the garden from the street?
(a) A high, red brick wall.
(b) Nothing but a few hedges.
(c) A white picket fence.
(d) A large wooden fence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Chance like to take the elevator in the house?

2. What do readers know about the fat maid?

3. What does the woman Chance meets right after leaving the Old Man's house offer to him?

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

5. What does Chance discover has happened to Louise?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 1, readers understand that Chance does exactly as he is told by the Old Man? Why is this?

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