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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twenty-two: In the Land of Pencils and Chapter Twenty-three: Poultry on Parade.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were the news media at the hospital when their second baby was born?
(a) They were doing a feature on natural childbirth.
(b) The millionth baby born in Florida was born there that day.
(c) There had been a kidnapping.
(d) A celebrity's wife was having a baby, too.

2. Who in particular did not like Marley's freedom around baby Patrick?
(a) Jenny's mother.
(b) John's mother.
(c) John's sister.
(d) Jenny.

3. How did John's father react when Shaun died?
(a) He put up a plaque on the doghouse.
(b) He cried.
(c) He bought John a new dog.
(d) He put a notice in the newspaper.

4. What did Marley destroy not long after his second obedience class?
(a) The couch.
(b) His metal collar and leash.
(c) John's newly planted garden.
(d) The garage.

5. How did Marley react to thunderstorms?
(a) He would shake and drool.
(b) He would whimper constantly.
(c) He would cover his ears with his paws.
(d) He would try to climb into John or Jenny's lap.

Short Answer Questions

1. J.I. Rodale was the leader in the back-to-the-earth movement in the 1960s. What magazine did he publish?

2. Eating outside was a big part of the restaurant scene in Boca Raton. How did this turn into a disaster for the Grogans?

3. What happens at the end of Chapter 19 that makes John rethink Marley's reactions to thunderstorms?

4. Years later, John learned the injured girl he had helped had become successful. What was her career?

5. When did John go to help his neighbor in response to her screams?

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