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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Not long after moving north, John noticed a change in Marley. What was it?
2. What was the name of the movie Marley was in?
3. What had John hoped to find that day on September 11, 2003?
4. What conclusion did John arrive at by reading Woodhouse's book?
5. Marley's aging prompted John to find a new job. What was it?
Short Essay Questions
1. What incident showed that Marley did not really fit in in 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. What were four reasons the Grogans decided to move to Boca Raton?
4. 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?
5. What decision did the Grogans make soon after moving to Boca Raton? How did their friends react?
6. How did Marley manage to get a part in a movie? How did John feel about that?
7. What did John notice about Marley soon after they moved to Pennsylvania? Give some examples.
8. The summer after John started his new job in Philadelphia, Jenny took the kids to visit her sister in Boston. What did John have to do about Marley?
9. 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?
10. Why did John decide to visit Shanksville, Pennsylvania in 2003?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How role does the Grogan family play in the memoir Marley & Me? Are they as important to the narrative as the author and the dog are? Give four examples where the other members of the family are central to the story-telling. Give four examples where the narrative is focused only on John and Marley.
Essay Topic 2
Marley & Me is a first person narrative, told from John Grogan's point-of-view. Briefly explain how the first person narrative is effective and how it is limited. Give four specific examples that show how the memoir is effective when told from John Grogan's point of view, and how our vicarious experience of them is enhanced.
Essay Topic 3
Define memoir as a literary genre. What elements of the memoir are found in Marley & Me? Briefly outline the main points of Marley's life as they are described in the book and discuss why you believe they are or are not appropriate inclusions in a memoir about a man and his dog.
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