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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 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.

2. Why did John feel a little embarrassed about moving to Boca Raton?
(a) He had made fun of it in his newspaper articles.
(b) He had a lot of unpaid parking tickets from there.
(c) His ex-wife lived there.
(d) The newspaper there had fired him a few years before.

3. Jenny went off to Boston during summer vacation with the kids and what did John decide to do with Marley?
(a) Pay a teenager to let the dog out twice a day.
(b) Have a friend move in for the week.
(c) Board him at the local kennel.
(d) Take him to work with him.

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

5. What is one difference between the English Lab and the American Lab?
(a) American Labs are not considered a real breed.
(b) English Labs are never black.
(c) The American Lab is smaller.
(d) The English Lab is smaller.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Grogans' neighbor warn them not to do with their farm animals?

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

3. Why did Marley's aging prompt John to leave his new job and seek something else?

4. When they decided to move, what did John and Jenny realize they would not miss about Florida?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. Before Jenny and the children returned from Boston, Marley became dangerously ill. What was wrong with him and what was the outlook?

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