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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 name their second son?
(a) Colin.
(b) Conor.
(c) Cieran.
(d) Calvin.

2. What was Marley's response to the farm animals?
(a) He was afraid of them.
(b) He didn't care much one way or the other.
(c) He chased them constantly.
(d) He thought of them as his own pets.

3. What book by Barbara Woodhouse did John borrow to help him modify Marley's behavior?
(a) Train Your Dog Overnight.
(b) Dogs Are for Keeps.
(c) Dog Don'ts for Ditzes.
(d) No Bad Dogs.

4. Why were the news media at the hospital when their second baby was born?
(a) A celebrity's wife was having a baby, too.
(b) There had been a kidnapping.
(c) They were doing a feature on natural childbirth.
(d) The millionth baby born in Florida was born there that day.

5. When they decided to move, what did John and Jenny realize they would not miss about Florida?
(a) The heat and humidity.
(b) The school system.
(c) Their friends.
(d) Their jobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Marley fit into the Boca Raton scene?

2. Why were the Grogan kids disappointed with their first Christmas in their new northern home?

3. J.I. Rodale was the leader in the back-to-the-earth movement in the 1960s. What magazine did he publish?

4. What challenge did the Grogans face after the arrival of their second child?

5. What did John do two months after first going to Emmaus?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What was life like for the Grogans after Conor's birth?

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. What incident showed that Marley did not really fit in in Boca Raton?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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