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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. Who is Mr. Rand expecting to come to the house to do a routine inspection?

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

3. When Mrs. Aubrey tells Chance that the Wall Street Journal has predicted his appointment to a Financial Corporation Board and they would like a statement from him, what does Chance say?

4. When the President of the United States tries to get information on Chance from EE, what does his secretary report to him?

5. What does Chance say to Mrs. Aubrey when she tells him about all of the people who want interviews with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. At what point in Chapter 5 does EE's character make it clear to the reader that she has a crush on Chance?

4. When the New York Times reporter, Tom Courtney, interviews Chance over the phone, what kind of answers does Chance give him?

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

6. What assumption does the French depute, Gaufridi, make about Chance's future?

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

8. What was one of Grunmann's concerns about what Gardiner might be up to? Why is it discounted?

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

10. Sulkin submits a tape of Gardiner's appearance on THIS EVENING for psychiatric, neurological and linguistic analysis. What is discovered?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chance's character is written as though he thinks, reacts and speaks like a child.

Find statements or dialogue in the book to support this statement. Then refute the statement showing why Chance is actually a wise person only giving people what they want to be given.

Essay Topic 2

Various meanings for the book's ending have been explored, ranging from Chance leaving this world to go to heaven to an exploration of Chance developing his own personality using stepping stones in a garden.

A) Explore your thoughts on the significance of the book's ending.

B) Compare and contrast it with one of the endings listed above.

C) Give examples from the book to support your theory.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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