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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six: Matters of the Heart and Chapter Seven: Master and Beast.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does John give the reader about getting a dog?
(a) To research the breed you want before getting one.
(b) Take care of a friend's dog first for practice.
(c) Don't get a puppy if you can't stay home all day with it.
(d) Don't get a dog from a pet store.

2. Marley was named after the late singer Bob Marley. What kind of music did he make?
(a) Classical.
(b) Hip-hop.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Reggae.

3. 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) They were miles from anyone.
(c) The house already had an attached kennel.
(d) They had a fenced one-quarter acre yard.

4. What happened in the house situated kitty-corner from the Grogans in West Palm Beach?
(a) A girl was knifed.
(b) A family was taken hostage.
(c) A woman was murdered.
(d) Someone set fire to it.

5. Why was the dog given the full name of Grogan's Majestic Marley of Churchill?
(a) John admired Winston Churchill.
(b) To register him as a purebred Labrador retriever.
(c) As a joke.
(d) Their breeder asked them to.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the phrase John used to describe the West Palm Beach neighborhood the Grogans lived in?

3. Why did friends of the couple tell the Grogans their house was already baby-proofed?

4. What was Marley's most obvious characteristic as John brought him home for the first time?

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

(see the answer key)

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