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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Soon after their second son was born, Marley ripped up a couch cushion. How did Jenny react?
(a) She pounded him with her fists.
(b) She refused to let him into the house.
(c) She locked him in the bathroom.
(d) She kicked him.

2. What was the name of the Grogans new neighbor?
(a) Trapper.
(b) Mountain Dan.
(c) Digger.
(d) Dodger.

3. When Jenny had to stay in the hospital for twelve days, what was the atmosphere like at home?
(a) Quiet - John had taken Patrick and Marley to his parents' home.
(b) John couldn't cope and called his sister to help.
(c) John handled everything well and Marley behaved perfectly.
(d) The rules were relaxed.

4. What did John do two months after first going to Emmaus?
(a) He began a new career as a motivational speaker in Ohio.
(b) He joined a rock group in New Hampshire.
(c) He moved his family there.
(d) Quit his job and took up organic gardening in Vermont.

5. When they decided to move, what did John and Jenny realize they would not miss about Florida?
(a) Their friends.
(b) The heat and humidity.
(c) Their jobs.
(d) The school system.

6. How did Marley react to traveling north?
(a) He had an emotional meltdown.
(b) He loved it.
(c) He slept through it.
(d) He howled.

7. What had John hoped to find that day on September 11, 2003?
(a) A story he could write with a fresh angle.
(b) Peace.
(c) A way to work out his grief over 9/11.
(d) The meaning of life.

8. Why didn't Marley fit into the Boca Raton scene?
(a) It was populated by tiny pampered dogs and pampered people.
(b) There was no room for him to exercise.
(c) Labs were not "cool" dogs in Boca Raton.
(d) The city had a bylaw about large dogs.

9. What challenge did the Grogans face after the arrival of their second child?
(a) Not having enough money.
(b) Having a very jealous dog.
(c) Not having enough room.
(d) Not getting enough sleep.

10. What did John tell himself was the reason for Marley's behavior at Dog Beach?
(a) Marley was just reacting to uptight people.
(b) Marley just wanted to have fun.
(c) Marley had diminished mental capacity.
(d) Marley was getting old.

11. Why did Marley's aging prompt John to leave his new job and seek something else?
(a) John could see he was getting old along with Marley.
(b) Life doesn't last forever and you should make the most of it.
(c) John felt they'd have to move if Marley died.
(d) John thought Marley would be better off in a hot climate.

12. J.I. Rodale was the leader in the back-to-the-earth movement in the 1960s. What magazine did he publish?
(a) Earth Mother North.
(b) Back to the Earth.
(c) Organic Gardening.
(d) Lawn and Garden.

13. What did most of the Grogans' friends think about John and Jenny's expecting their third child?
(a) That they would regret it.
(b) That it was wonderful.
(c) That it was an accident.
(d) That they must have planned it.

14. Marley developed another health issue as he got older that stopped him from getting around. What did he develop?
(a) Myopia.
(b) An infected paw that wouldn't heal.
(c) Arthritis.
(d) Curvature of the spine.

15. In 2003 John went to a town to observe the second anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Which town did he go to?
(a) Sloanville.
(b) Stewartsville.
(c) Shelbyville.
(d) Shanksville.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Marley destroy that John had bought to celebrate the second baby's birth?

2. How did John find out about Dog Beach?

3. What was the style of the Grogans' new house in Boca Rotan?

4. The Grogans had paid less for their farm animals than normal. Why?

5. What had happened in that town on September 11, 2001?

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