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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Grogans decide to do during their first spring in the north?
(a) Get some goats.
(b) Get some chickens.
(c) Get some sheep.
(d) Get some cows.

2. 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 got loose and grabbed food off people's plates.
(c) Marley scared a little girl who wouldn't stop screaming.
(d) Marley bit a customer at the next table.

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

4. 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) Apply for an editing job with J.I. Rodale's magazine.
(d) Buy J.I. Rodale's magazine.

5. 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 Rattlesnake.
(d) Back of the Rat.

6. How could the Grogans' new home in a northern State be described?
(a) A rambling house sitting on two acres on the side of a hill.
(b) A brand new house on the edge of a village.
(c) A farmhouse by a creek.
(d) A big bungalow on three acres.

7. 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.

8. How did Marley die?
(a) The vet put him to sleep.
(b) He died in the car on the way to the vet's.
(c) He collapsed in the vet's waiting room.
(d) He died naturally at home, in John's arms.

9. When Jenny had to stay in the hospital for twelve days, what was the atmosphere like at home?
(a) John handled everything well and Marley behaved perfectly.
(b) John couldn't cope and called his sister to help.
(c) The rules were relaxed.
(d) Quiet - John had taken Patrick and Marley to his parents' home.

10. When the Grogan family reunited with Marley after their Christmas vacation, how did he behave?
(a) Listless.
(b) Ecstatic.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Energized.

11. What caused Marley to be forever banned from Dog Beach?
(a) He chased a toddler.
(b) He urinated, vomited, and defecated where he wasn't supposed to.
(c) He bit a man.
(d) He swam out of his depth and had to be rescued.

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

13. What challenge did the Grogans face after the arrival of their second child?
(a) Not getting enough sleep.
(b) Not having enough money.
(c) Not having enough room.
(d) Having a very jealous dog.

14. What had happened in that town on September 11, 2001?
(a) A jet crashed into an army post.
(b) A jet crashed in a field there.
(c) The FBI caught a celll of international terrorists.
(d) Terrorists took over the government buildings.

15. 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 esophagus was blocked.
(b) His stomach had ripped open from an old wound.
(c) His stomach had flipped over on itself.
(d) He had a rupture of the bowel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did most of the Grogans' friends think about John and Jenny's expecting their third child?

2. What excuse did John give the people at the beach for Marley's behavior at Dog Beach?

3. What did the vet tell John about Marley's condition?

4. What did John realize as he sat at the site of the 9/11 second anniversary?

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

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