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

2. What did the vet tell John about Marley's condition?
(a) A couple of stitches would solve the problem.
(b) If it happened again he would need serious surgery.
(c) Marley had only minutes to live.
(d) It was very common in Labs.

3. How did John find out about Dog Beach?
(a) He heard about it while trying to find ideas for articles.
(b) It was featured on a TV show.
(c) It was advertised in the newspaper.
(d) His neighbor told him about it.

4. How did the director want Marley to be trained for the movie he was in?
(a) He just wanted Marley to be himself.
(b) Marley would be tranquilized.
(c) He had two professional trainers for Marley.
(d) He trained Marley himself.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who came to help out after Jenny got home from the hospital?

3. What caused Marley to be forever banned from Dog Beach?

4. 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?

5. What conclusion did John arrive at by reading Woodhouse's book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Due to Marley's continuing bad behavior, John decided to read a book on dog training called No Bad Dogs. Who wrote the book and what did the author say about badly behaved dogs?

2. What was the result of John's interview with Organic Gardening magazine?

3. What did John notice about Marley soon after they moved to Pennsylvania? Give some examples.

4. How did John respond to Jenny's feelings about Marley after the birth of Conor?

5. What was Dog Beach and how did John find out about it?

6. The Grogans went to Disney World just before Christmas, 2003. What happened to Marley just after they came back? What do John and Jenny decide to do about Marley?

7. What is the end result of the movie, The Last Home Run?

8. What happened soon after John's visit to Shanksville that reinforced his conviction that Marley was living on "borrowed time"?

9. What happened when Jenny was allowed to get up after being in bed for twelve weeks during her pregnancy with Conor?

10. What happened not long after John's fortieth birthday that convinced him Marley's fear of thunderstorms was justified?

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