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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. What is Grunmann's first name?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Ben.
(c) Walter.
(d) Wallace.

2. What does Grunmann find out about Chance's past at the President's request?
(a) His real name is Chance, not Chauncey Gardiner.
(b) He lived for years with the Old Man.
(c) There are no records on him at all.
(d) He was a professional gardener.

3. Who does Sulkin think Gardiner actually is?
(a) A German spy.
(b) A Republican masquerading as a Democrat to get inside information.
(c) A major leader of the American Communist Party preparing for a revolution.
(d) A leading member of an American elitist faction planning a coup d'etat.

4. At the UN reception, Chance meets the Soviet Ambassador. How does Chance impress him?
(a) He is amazed at Chance's good looks.
(b) He thinks Chance has impeccable manners for an American.
(c) He believes Chance has read Krylov's fables.
(d) He thinks Chance has been to Russia often and that he speaks Russian.

5. Who is coming to visit Mr. Rand at his home in Chapter 4?
(a) The Head of the Financial Institute.
(b) The Chief of Surgery from the Cleveland Clinic.
(c) The President of the United States.
(d) The Governor of New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. During his speech to the Financial Institute, what does the President say about his meeting with Mr. Rand?

2. A woman at dinner sitting on Chance's left at dinner asks him about the war. What is his reply?

3. How much does Chance know about sex and childbirth?

4. What is the one thing Grunmann has found out about Chance by snooping on him in New York?

5. When the President of the United States requests a dossier on Chance, what is he given?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Chance hesitate when the President asks him about The Street?

2. 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?

3. What is Skrapinov told about Gardiner's political agenda?

4. The President of the United States is getting frustrated with the lack of information on Gardiner in Chapter 6. What sort of information is the President's investigator, Grunmann, able to uncover?

5. In Chapter 4, what does Benjamin Rand say to indicate that he thinks Chance is a very smart man?

6. Upon entering Chance's bedroom, EE gives him more clues that she is enamored with him. What hints does she drop to Chance and what is his reaction?

7. Why is the President beginning to become suspicious of Chauncy Gardiner in Chapter 5?

8. What does Chance say to both a man at the dinner party and to EE when they each make sexual advances towards him? Why?

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

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

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