This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twenty-eight: Beneath the Cherry Trees and Chapter Twenty-nine: The Bad Dog Club.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was John and Jenny's house in West Palm Beach the perfect place to have a dog?
(a) All their neighbors had dogs.
(b) The house already had an attached kennel.
(c) They had a fenced one-quarter acre yard.
(d) They were miles from anyone.

3. What did the Grogans decide should be done to avoid having another miscarriage?
(a) Not to use any chemicals around the house.
(b) Jenny should stop jogging.
(c) Jenny should only work part time.
(d) John would take full charge of Marley.

4. What did John call Marley because he didn't act like a typical retriever?
(a) A fabulous Labulous.
(b) Lean and mean.
(c) A Labrador deceiver.
(d) A Labrador evader.

5. What did John create for Marley out by the spruce tree on the edge of their property?
(a) A swimming hole.
(b) A fenced-in run.
(c) A cleared place for him to go bathroom.
(d) A large heated dog house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marley got the movie audition because a film crew had just been to film the Grogan family as a typical Florida family. What was the purpose of this film?

2. What was true about Jenny at the end of Chapter 12?

3. What did most of the Grogans' friends think about John and Jenny's expecting their third child?

4. When they went to pick out John's first dog, how did his father advise him to test a dog for nerves?

5. If Marley got into trouble while the Grogans were out, how did they know this when they got home?

(see the answer key)

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