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

2. What did John create for Marley out by the spruce tree on the edge of their property?
(a) A large heated dog house.
(b) A swimming hole.
(c) A cleared place for him to go bathroom.
(d) A fenced-in run.

3. Soon after their second son was born, Marley ripped up a couch cushion. How did Jenny react?
(a) She pounded him with her fists.
(b) She locked him in the bathroom.
(c) She refused to let him into the house.
(d) She kicked him.

4. What did the vet suggest they do with Marley's body?
(a) Take it home.
(b) Donate it to veterinary science research.
(c) Have it cremated.
(d) Bury him in the town's pet cemetery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jenny tell John to do about Marley after he ripped up the couch cushion?

2. In Chapter 27, Marley went to stay at the vet's for the Christmas week. Where did the family go?

3. Marley's aging prompted John to find a new job. What was it?

4. What is one difference between the English Lab and the American Lab?

5. Marley got the movie audition because a film crew had just been to film the Grogan family as a typical Florida family. What was the purpose of this film?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Soon after Marley filmed his part in the movie, the Grogans decided it was time to move. They chose Boca Raton as their new home. Why was this a little embarrassing for John?

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. Jenny started feeling labor pains at twenty-one weeks into her third pregnancy. What was the result of this for Jenny and for John, Patrick, and Marley?

8. What did Patrick and Conor expect to see in their new home state and why?

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

10. John was dedicated to an organic living style, so the family decided to invest in something. What was it and why? In regards to this, what did their neighbor warn them not to do, but they did anyway?

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