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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. When the President of the United States requests a dossier on Chance, what is he given?
(a) A history of Chance's years at the Old Man's house.
(b) Information about the car accident and a transcript of Chance's appearance on TV.
(c) Chance's social security number and his birth certificate.
(d) A copy of Chance's birth certificate.

2. Why does Chance believe that the sense of sight is better than the sense of touch?
(a) One can determine colors with sight but not with touch.
(b) The garden is for looking at, not for touching.
(c) Reading is done by sight, not touch.
(d) Sight takes in everything at once while touch is limited to one area.

3. What does Sulkin of the Foreign Department show Skrapinov as a result of his investigation of Chauncey Gardiner?
(a) A full dossier on Gardiner's past with the CIA.
(b) A transcript of Chance's conversations with EE.
(c) Only the details of the car accident Chance was in.
(d) A blank piece of paper.

4. What does Chance's supposed code name remind Skrapinov of?
(a) His many victories in World War II.
(b) Someone who has no intelligence.
(c) His ruined career in espionage.
(d) The glory of Marxism.

5. Why does Chance stare directly into the President's eyes when he meets him?
(a) He is nervous and does not know where else to look.
(b) He recalls that the President always looks straight into the eyes of the viewer on TV.
(c) He knows it is polite in society to look someone in the eye.
(d) He sees that the President's eyes are bloodshot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sulkin praise Skrapinov for having?

2. What does EE discover about Chance after going through all of his belongings and asking him questions about his past?

3. Who does Sulkin think Gardiner actually is?

4. What are the President's thoughts about the government in relation to Gardiner?

5. When a man sitting across from Chance asks him what the government will do about industrial poisons, what is Chance's response?

Short Essay Questions

1. Mr. Rand tells Chance that he admires his peacefulness. What is it about Chance that makes him appear so at ease?

2. EE expresses her love to Chance in Chapter 5. What are EE's reasons for being so attracted to Chance?

3. Sulkin submits a tape of Gardiner's appearance on THIS EVENING for psychiatric, neurological and linguistic analysis. What is discovered?

4. At this point in Chapter 6, the President is frustrated that none of the top government agencies can find information about a wealthy man living in New York City. What are his thoughts before he turns on the TV and falls asleep?

5. How does Chance feel about an opportunity to appear on TV?

6. Why does EE try to protect Chauncey from the press?

7. At the United Nations gala in Chapter 5, who does Chance seem to impress the most and why?

8. What assumption does the French depute, Gaufridi, make about Chance's future?

9. In Chapter 6 we learn that Skrapinov is also trying get information on Chauncey Gardiner. Why is Skrapinov so intent on getting this information?

10. What does Chance find so amazing as he awaits his turn to join the TV show?

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