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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jenny want Marley to experience when they moved north?
(a) A winter blizzard.
(b) Quiet country roads.
(c) Other dogs his size.
(d) The falling of leaves in autumn.

2. What did the vet suggest they do with Marley's body?
(a) Take it home.
(b) Bury him in the town's pet cemetery.
(c) Donate it to veterinary science research.
(d) Have it cremated.

3. How did Marley adjust to life in the country?
(a) He kept getting lost in the woods.
(b) He was afraid of the wildlife.
(c) He loved it.
(d) He was unhappy.

4. Marley changed after moving north, but what did he never lose interest in?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Chasing cats.
(c) Riding in the car.
(d) Food.

5. What is one difference between the English Lab and the American Lab?
(a) English Labs are never black.
(b) The English Lab is smaller.
(c) The American Lab is smaller.
(d) American Labs are not considered a real breed.

6. What was the style of the Grogans' new house in Boca Rotan?
(a) A four bedroom ranch.
(b) A condo townhouse.
(c) A two storey Cape Cod.
(d) A three bedroom bungalow.

7. Marley ended up at the vet while Jenny and the kids were in Boston. Something was wrong with his digestive system. What was wrong with it?
(a) His stomach had ripped open from an old wound.
(b) He had a rupture of the bowel.
(c) His stomach had flipped over on itself.
(d) His esophagus was blocked.

8. Why did John feel a little embarrassed about moving to Boca Raton?
(a) He had made fun of it in his newspaper articles.
(b) He had a lot of unpaid parking tickets from there.
(c) His ex-wife lived there.
(d) The newspaper there had fired him a few years before.

9. What habit had Marley developed as he got older?
(a) Being fussy about where he went to the bathroom.
(b) Going to the bathroom inside the house.
(c) Licking his feet over and over.
(d) Pulling the fur on his belly out.

10. What did the Grogans really want for their third child?
(a) That it be female.
(b) That it be born five years or more after the second child.
(c) That it be born soon after the second child.
(d) That it be male.

11. John phoned Jenny in Boston about Marley's digestive system condition and what did they decide to do about it?
(a) Wait until Jenny and the kids returned home to decide.
(b) Let him die if that was what was inevitable.
(c) Get him into surgery as soon as possible.
(d) Take him another vet for a second opinion.

12. 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) Shelbyville.
(b) Sloanville.
(c) Stewartsville.
(d) Shanksville.

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

14. Why did Marley's aging prompt John to leave his new job and seek something else?
(a) John thought Marley would be better off in a hot climate.
(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 could see he was getting old along with Marley.

15. In chapter 24, John told the reader how Marley had aged. How old was Marley at this point?
(a) Eight.
(b) Six.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twelve.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John and Marley use to take a wild ride down their snow covered hill?

2. In chapter 19, what did John say was becoming a serious hobby?

3. How did Marley react to traveling north?

4. What happened when the Grogans get settled on the plane?

5. John built a shelter for the farm animals. Why did he include a door that could be closed at night?

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