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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does John give the reader about getting a dog?
(a) Take care of a friend's dog first for practice.
(b) To research the breed you want before getting one.
(c) Don't get a puppy if you can't stay home all day with it.
(d) Don't get a dog from a pet store.

2. Years later, John learned the injured girl he had helped had become successful. What was her career?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A television broadcaster.
(c) A restaurant owner.
(d) An actress.

3. Why was the dog given the full name of Grogan's Majestic Marley of Churchill?
(a) John admired Winston Churchill.
(b) As a joke.
(c) Their breeder asked them to.
(d) To register him as a purebred Labrador retriever.

4. What did the Grogans decide to do just weeks after bringing Marley home?
(a) Get jobs closer to home.
(b) Try to get pregnant.
(c) Buy a new house.
(d) Get another dog.

5. What made John and Jenny decide it was time to get their first dog?
(a) They were thinking of having a baby and they thought owning a dog would be good practice.
(b) John wasn't working and they thought a dog would keep him company.
(c) They lived in a rough area and wanted a guard dog.
(d) They wanted a pet and Jenny was allergic to cats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened in the house situated kitty-corner from the Grogans in West Palm Beach?

2. In her fifth month of pregnancy, what did Jenny send John out to buy one Sunday night at eight o'clock?

3. What was Marley's most obvious characteristic as John brought him home for the first time?

4. A couple of days after Jenny came home from the doctor's appointment, John bought her some flowers. What did Marley do to them?

5. Why wasn't John concerned about the neighborhood they lived in in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Grogans chose Marley?

2. What is the next life step that the Grogans take in Chapter 13? What was the outcome?

3. Once he did a little research, what did John learn about Labrador Retrievers?

4. What was happening in the Grogans' neighborhood a year or so after the birth of Patrick?

5. What did the Grogans see as they left Lori's and what did they realize?

6. What were a couple of issues the Grogans had to handle with Marley when he was a puppy?

7. What was Jenny's second pregnancy like in the early stages?

8. How did John's first night with Marley at home go?

9. Who was Buddy and what was the result of his visit to the Grogans?

10. What did Jenny and John decide to do and why?

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