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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 EE offer Chance to help ease his pain?

2. What does Chance realize he cannot reveal while looking over the paper?

3. How does Chance introduce himself once he is in the limousine?

4. What does Mr. Franklin inform Chance will happen the next day by noon?

5. Being outside in the world seems familiar to Chance. What does it remind him of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Readers discover how Chance got his name in Chapter 1. How did he get his name?

2. Why does Chance pretend to be able to read the paper that the lawyer gives him to sign?

3. When Chance goes upstairs to the study in Chapter 2, who is waiting for him there and what do they want?

4. How did Chance know when it was time for him to leave the study?

5. Why is it that Chance does not appear in any of Mr. Franklin's records?

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

7. When Chance periodically takes time in the garden to sit on the grass and think in Chapter 1, what goes through his mind?

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

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

10. In Chapter 2, what are Mr. Franklin and Miss Hayes trying to discover about Chance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chance has a certain relationship with television. When he changes the channel he believes he can change himself.

A) Expand upon Chance's feelings about television.

B) Discuss what you think happens when the TV is turned off and there is the little white dot going to black.

C) What has Chance learned from watching television?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the characters of Chance and Chauncey Gardiner even though they are essentially the same person.

A) Compare and contrast the characters of Chance and Chauncey as seen through the eyes of others.

B) Why is it that Mr. Franklin does not remember where he has seen Chauncey before?

C) How is it that Chauncey's image disappears for Chance by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

If we all acted as Chance does in the book, we could walk away from problems or just change the channel. What would happen to society if we all took on this persona? Give concrete examples of how society would change and refer to the book for examples to help support your answers.

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