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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 were Chance's fingerprints checked out?
(a) Before the President's visit to the Rand's home.
(b) After his appearance on TV.
(c) After the dinner at the U.N.
(d) During the President's meeting with him.

2. What does Chance speak about when the President asks him a question about Wall Street?
(a) He compares it to a garden.
(b) He compares it to a television program.
(c) He talks about the Old Man's big house.
(d) He admits he knows nothing about it.

3. What does Grunmann tell the President about the Soviets?
(a) That Gardiner could be one of their spies.
(b) They are making progress on Gardiner's identity.
(c) That their curiosity about Gardiner has also turned up nothing.
(d) That Skrapinov has been insulted by Gardiner.

4. What does Sulkin think Gardiner's code name should be?
(a) "Garden."
(b) "Krylov."
(c) "Blank page."
(d) "Comrade fable."

5. EE gets Mrs. Aubrey to help Chance. What kind of service does Mrs. Aubrey provide?
(a) She is a secretary.
(b) She gives diction lessons.
(c) She is a nurse.
(d) She is a teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to one Soviet agent as a result of his background investigation of Mr. Gardiner?

2. What does EE tell Chance before she leaves his room?

3. What does EE tell the President's secretary about Mr. Gardiner's intentions?

4. What does Grunmann find out about Chance's past at the President's request?

5. What does Sulkin praise Skrapinov for having?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. What does EE find herself thinking about more and more as she flies back to New York from Denver?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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