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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. 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.

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

3. What was the main reason the Grogans decided it was time to leave West Palm Beach?
(a) They were going to lose some land to road development.
(b) The area was too violent.
(c) Their house was too small.
(d) Marley was getting too big for the yard.

4. When they went to pick out John's first dog, how did his father advise him to test a dog for nerves?
(a) To yell.
(b) To press down on the car horn.
(c) To rattle the cage.
(d) To jump in front of the dog and yell "boo!"

5. What did Jenny tell John to do about Marley after he ripped up the couch cushion?
(a) To put a muzzle on him.
(b) To get rid of him.
(c) To build an enclosed run for him in the yard.
(d) To take him to a dog psychiatrist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Grogans' neighbor warn them not to do with their farm animals?

2. Marley grew very quickly so what did Jenny and John have to do a lot of?

3. John nicknamed Marley "Clearance Dog" when they were looking at Lori's litter. Why?

4. Why did the Grogans take Marley to his last visit to the vet?

5. Why was John and Jenny's house in West Palm Beach the perfect place to have a dog?

(see the answer key)

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