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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 John realize as he sat at the site of the 9/11 second anniversary?
(a) That everyone lives on borrowed time, including Marley.
(b) That he would keep Marley alive at all costs.
(c) That he would get another dog before Marley died.
(d) That he would have to quit writing.

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

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Grogan family reunited with Marley after their Christmas vacation, how did he behave?

2. Because of Marley's misbehavior around the time of their second son's birth, what did John decide to do?

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

4. What did the Grogans decide to do during their first spring in the north?

5. Why were the news media at the hospital when their second baby was born?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did John decide to visit Shanksville, Pennsylvania in 2003?

2. What was the family hoping for in regard to the weather in their new home in the north? What was the outcome of this?

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

4. Marley recovered from his illness. How did John know that Marley was back to his old self?

5. John decided to leave Organic Gardening after realizing that life is too short not to do what one wants to do. What did he decide to do instead and how did it change his lifestyle?

6. How did Marley manage to get a part in a movie? How did John feel about that?

7. What were the sequence of events behind John's getting an interview at Organic Gardening magazine?

8. 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?

9. How did Marley behave on dog beach and what was the result?

10. What were four reasons the Grogans decided to move to Boca Raton?

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