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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the movie Marley was in?
(a) The Last Home Run.
(b) Fly Catch.
(c) World Series Wonders.
(d) All the Bases.

2. The family decided to move to Boca Raton. What does Boca Raton mean?
(a) Mouth of the Rattlesnake.
(b) Mouth of the Rat.
(c) Back of the Rat.
(d) Back of the Rattlesnake.

3. What did most of the Grogans' friends think about John and Jenny's expecting their third child?
(a) That it was an accident.
(b) That they must have planned it.
(c) That it was wonderful.
(d) That they would regret it.

4. Eating outside was a big part of the restaurant scene in Boca Raton. How did this turn into a disaster for the Grogans?
(a) Marley dragged a table right through a restaurant eating area.
(b) Marley bit a customer at the next table.
(c) Marley scared a little girl who wouldn't stop screaming.
(d) Marley got loose and grabbed food off people's plates.

5. Which of the following was not a reason the Grogans moved to Boca Raton?
(a) There were good parks.
(b) A lot of doctors practiced there.
(c) There were good schools.
(d) They found the perfect house in the perfect spot.

6. What did the second baby suffer from for four months?
(a) Lack of sleep.
(b) Projectile vomiting.
(c) Colic.
(d) An allergy to his mother's milk.

7. What did John decide to do that took him to a place called Emmaus?
(a) Edit the website for J.I. Rodale's magazine.
(b) Become the head writer for J.I. Rodale's magazine.
(c) Buy J.I. Rodale's magazine.
(d) Apply for an editing job with J.I. Rodale's magazine.

8. Why were the Grogan kids disappointed with their first Christmas in their new northern home?
(a) There was no snow.
(b) They got very few presents.
(c) It was twenty below zero.
(d) They missed sunny Florida.

9. What did the Grogans' neighbor warn them not to do with their farm animals?
(a) Let them near Marley.
(b) Sell them to local people.
(c) Let them roam loose.
(d) Name them.

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

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

12. When they decided to move, what did John and Jenny realize they would not miss about Florida?
(a) Their jobs.
(b) Their friends.
(c) The heat and humidity.
(d) The school system.

13. How much would Marley get paid for the movie he was in?
(a) $1500.
(b) $10 an hour.
(c) Nothing.
(d) $1000.

14. What did John do two months after first going to Emmaus?
(a) He joined a rock group in New Hampshire.
(b) Quit his job and took up organic gardening in Vermont.
(c) He moved his family there.
(d) He began a new career as a motivational speaker in Ohio.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What habit had Marley developed as he got older?

2. What did the vet suggest they do with Marley's body?

3. What was a consideration for the Grogans in finding a new place to live?

4. How did Marley adjust to life in the country?

5. How could the Grogans' new home in a northern State be described?

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