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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. Why does Chance think that a man's name has an important connection with a man's life?
(a) A name decides what type of person you really are.
(b) A name is connected to family trees.
(c) A man's name describes exactly what he does for a living.
(d) People on TV have two names; a real one and a performing one.

2. Why did Chance think things would immediately change now that the Old Man was gone?
(a) He read it in a book.
(b) A lawyer phoned him to tell him this.
(c) That was the way things worked on TV shows.
(d) The maid told him so.

3. What is Benjamin Rand's occupation?
(a) A partner in the prestigious law firm of Rand and Cooper.
(b) Chief Financial Officer of the National Reserve Bank.
(c) Chairman of the Board of the First Amercian Financial Corporation.
(d) A speechwriter for the President of the United States.

4. What did Chance believe he could do just by turning the TV dial?
(a) He could enter the TV and become an actor in it.
(b) He could bring the people on TV inside his eyelids.
(c) He could break it if he went too fast.
(d) He could change the world.

5. What sound was the fat maid making as Chance entered the Old Man's bedroom?
(a) She was crying softly.
(b) She was on her knees, praying.
(c) She was laughing.
(d) She was screeching.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do readers know about the fat maid?

2. How does Chance explain his reason for not signing the paper?

3. Where had Louise gone to live after leaving the Old Man's house?

4. What does Chance notice in the back seat of EE's limousine, above the bar?

5. Where was the Old Man in the bedroom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do readers learn in Chapter 1 about Chance's father?

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

5. In Chapter 3, Chance has second thoughts about leaving the house. Where does he go?

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

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

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

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

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

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