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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, Occam's Razor: Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dickie Pope advise Hank to do?
(a) Blow everything open by going to the news media.
(b) Take an available position in another department.
(c) Sue the dean.
(d) Make a list of staff in his department that are expendable.

2. How did Hank try to convince his parents to get a dog?
(a) He threatened to run away.
(b) He took care of his neighbor's dog every weekend.
(c) He got a dog house so he could keep the dog outside.
(d) He talked about dogs all the time.

3. Where does Hank go when he leaves the college after dealing with the people in his office?
(a) He goes to his daughter's house.
(b) He goes to their family doctor.
(c) He goes to his daughter's work place.
(d) He goes to his building's foyer.

4. What did Hank's mother want him to do in exchange for allowing him to have a dog?
(a) To clean his room every Saturday morning.
(b) To take up a paper route.
(c) To agree to spend time with his grandparents.
(d) To stop slamming the door.

5. What state is Railton College in?
(a) Virginia.
(b) New York.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Ohio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the dog do soon after it arrived at Hank's?

2. What does he think might be the cause of his physical problem, which also afflicted his father?

3. What does Hank buy, in anticipation of owning a dog?

4. In Chapter 10, Hank plays racquetball with his colleague, Tony Coniglia, and then they walk across campus. Where do they see a television crew?

5. After returning to his office and hearing about his phone call, Hank decides he must deal with the issue. Who stops him on the way out?

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