View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has Chance known Louise, the maid?
(a) For ten years.
(b) He barely remembers Louise.
(c) Since she arrived at the house 5 years ago.
(d) Ever since he was a little boy.

2. Chance basically did two things in the Old Man's house. Those two things were what?
(a) Sit with Louise and chat and watch TV.
(b) Take care of the Old Man and tend the garden.
(c) Prepare his meals and tend the garden.
(d) Tend the garden and watch TV.

3. Why did the Old Man retire from his former profession?
(a) He developed a rare disease when he was 65 years old.
(b) He was hit by a car and could no longer work.
(c) He broke his hip at the age of 72.
(d) He wanted to spend more time in his home.

4. What do readers know about the fat maid?
(a) She sits and reads to Chance every night.
(b) She is from another country and doesn't understand what is said on TV.
(c) She watches TV with Chance.
(d) She was once married to the Old Man.

5. What does Chance insist he has done all of his life?
(a) Been a gardener living in the house.
(b) Read many, many books.
(c) Cooked all of the Old Man's meals.
(d) Fixed televisions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day is it when the novel begins?

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

3. When Chance looks in the large hall mirror, what does he see?

4. In what way did Chance believe that the garden was its own graveyard?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When Chance periodically takes time in the garden to sit on the grass and think in Chapter 1, what goes through his mind?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does EE change Chance's name when he introduces himself?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 856 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample