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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Franklin assume when Chance will not sign the paper?

2. What does EE discover upon talking to Chance when he wakes up?

3. What does Chance do the morning after Mr. Franklin's visit?

4. When Chance saw a figure on the TV screen, what did he imagine he was looking at?

5. What does the woman in the limousine understand Chance's name to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does EE change Chance's name when he introduces himself?

2. Chance notices the TV in the rear of the car and asks if it works. Why does EE assume that he wants to watch TV at a time like this?

3. Why does EE decide to invite Chance to stay at her home?

4. By Chapter 3, the author has shown the reader what Chance's personality is like. How would a reader describe Chance's personality?

5. Chapter 2 explains how Chance feels when he does not look at people. Explain this feeling.

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

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

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

9. Why does Chance wear sunglasses to meet with the lawyer and his assistant?

10. What surprises Chance about the outside world once he has left the Old Man's home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are two sexually explicit scenes in the book. Do you believe that those scenes belonged in the story or could they have been deleted? Why do you think the author wanted to include those parts in the story? What light do those scenes bring to the story to flesh out Chance's character?

Essay Topic 2

What are the political ramifications included in the book? What political era do the scenes with the Soviets evoke? Why? Are the parts of the book involving the Soviets and the President relevant in today's political world? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

The author, Jerzy Kosinski, is originally from Poland and was born in 1933. He has a Master's Degree in history and political science.

A) How would these facts about the author qualify him to write a well-thought out political satire?

B) What is the main political theme that the author is satirizing in the book?

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