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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 invitation does EE extend to Chance the morning after Chance's appearance on "This Evening"?
(a) To go to her bedroom.
(b) To marry her after she divorces Benjamin.
(c) To go to a play about the President.
(d) To go on living with them for a while longer.

2. Why does EE find herself falling in love with Chance?
(a) He speaks to her of love quite often.
(b) He is a pitiful character and she wants to take care of him.
(c) He is self-reliant, very confident and quite handsome.
(d) He is a wealthy man who can continue to support her.

3. What does the President think of Chance after hearing him speak?
(a) He is quite intelligent and makes a lot of sense.
(b) Chance's metaphor is treason.
(c) Chance does not know what he is talking about.
(d) He never wants to meet with Chance again.

4. Who is Mr. Rand expecting to come to the house to do a routine inspection?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The Secret Service.
(c) The CIA.
(d) The local police.

5. When Ambassador Skrapinov can get no information on Chance's background from the Special Section, what is his reaction?
(a) He accepts that Chance has no history and lets it go at that.
(b) He has the agent from the Special Section promoted.
(c) He is happy that there is no bad news to report on Chance.
(d) He cannot believe that Chance has no history.

Short Answer Questions

1. When EE tries to seduce Chance in his bedroom, what is his first reaction?

2. Why does Chance tell Mrs. Aubrey that he does not need a doctor?

3. A woman sitting next to Chance at dinner praises him for what reason?

4. Why does Chance stare directly into the President's eyes when he meets him?

5. How is Chance's TV appearance received by the audience?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. In what way does Chance inadvertently stun the journalists interviewing him after the U.N. gala?

5. 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?

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

7. In what way does the President incorporate Chance's words on gardening into his speech at the Financial Institute?

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

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

10. What is the bad joke that Grunmann begins to make when speaking to the President in Chapter 6?

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