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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight: A Battle of Wills and Chapter Nine: The Stuff Males are Made Of.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the dance name the Grogans gave to Marley that reflected his wiggling movements?
(a) The waltz.
(b) The mambo.
(c) The rumba.
(d) The shimmy.

2. Which of these statements would not describe how Marley was at the age of five months?
(a) He wasn't housebroken.
(b) When John was standing, he could rest his paws on his shoulders.
(c) He had lost his baby teeth.
(d) He had put on weight and filled out his wrinkly coat.

3. What did the Grogans decide to do at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Change vets.
(b) Take Marley to a new trainer.
(c) Move.
(d) Try for another baby.

4. The Grogans decided to enroll Marley in obedience classes. Why wouldn't the trainer allow both of them to work with Marley?
(a) She didn't believe Marley would obey John.
(b) She didn't believe Marley would obey Jenny.
(c) She said a dog can only answer to one master.
(d) She said it would be too distracting for the other dogs.

5. When they went to pick out John's first dog, how did his father advise him to test a dog for nerves?
(a) To rattle the cage.
(b) To yell.
(c) To jump in front of the dog and yell "boo!"
(d) To press down on the car horn.

Short Answer Questions

1. A few weeks after Marley joined their household, Jenny thought she was pregnant. What did the Grogans do?

2. What was the second piece of advice the vet gave the Grogans that might calm Marley down?

3. What device was being used at the obedience classes to help train the dogs?

4. Why wasn't John concerned about the neighborhood they lived in in Chapter 6?

5. How did John's father react when Shaun died?

(see the answer key)

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