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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twelve: Welcome to the Indigent Ward and Chapter Thirteen: A Scream in the Night.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the phrase John used to describe the West Palm Beach neighborhood the Grogans lived in?
(a) Upwardly mobile.
(b) Yuppie heaven.
(c) A changing neighborhood.
(d) Gentrified and citified.

2. When it came to dog breeds, why did John and Jenny choose a Labrador retriever?
(a) Because of their "curb appeal".
(b) Jenny had had one as a child.
(c) John wanting a dog to go hunting with.
(d) All their friends had one.

3. How was John feeling as they awaited the results of the pregnancy test?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Nervous.

4. When did John go to help his neighbor in response to her screams?
(a) One rainy November evening.
(b) One cool October morning.
(c) One hot October night.
(d) One cold December afternoon.

5. How did John and Jenny teach Marley how to retrieve?
(a) He gave him with a biscuit every time he picked up a stick.
(b) John would throw Marley another stick when he brought the first one back.
(c) Jenny and he would throw a stick back and forth to each other.
(d) A retriever trainer worked with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these statements would not describe how Marley was at the age of five months?

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

3. When John and Jenny went to look at Lori's litter, they met Lily, the mother of the puppies. Which three words best describe Lily?

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

5. What advice does John give the reader about getting a dog?

(see the answer key)

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