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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the nickname Hank has given to one the geese near the new center?
(a) Fatty.
(b) Fool.
(c) Finny.
(d) Freddy.
2. What does Hank grab and hold up, swearing that he will kill a duck every day until the Railton College departments get more funding?
(a) A bible.
(b) A goose.
(c) A brick.
(d) A tape recorder.
3. 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 agree to spend time with his grandparents.
(c) To take up a paper route.
(d) To stop slamming the door.
4. Leo overhears Hank talking to the goose near the new center. Who is Leo?
(a) The grounds keeper.
(b) One of his students.
(c) A custodian.
(d) A cafeteria worker.
5. Bodie tells Hank that she is being informed by someone who should watch his back. Who is this individual?
(a) Teddy Barnes.
(b) Jacob Rose.
(c) Paul Bourke.
(d) Tony Coniglia.
6. What does Campbell Wheemer ask Hank advice about?
(a) Investing in stocks.
(b) Teaching methods.
(c) Where he can find a good mechanic.
(d) Buying a house.
7. What medium does Campbell Wheemer like to use as a teaching tool?
(a) Television comedy shows.
(b) Television news reports.
(c) Radio news reports.
(d) Newspapers.
8. What did Hank's father become famous for?
(a) Literary Theory.
(b) Killing a policeman.
(c) Winning a $100 million dollar lottery.
(d) Exposing the Ashton Man as a fraud.
9. What does Hank's mother remind him of when he visits?
(a) That it is her birthday the next day.
(b) That his father is coming to live in Railton.
(c) That his wife wants him to call her every day.
(d) That he needs to renew his driver's license.
10. Why are some of Hank's colleagues angry about his property?
(a) His yard is full of junk.
(b) He will not sell the lots on either side of him.
(c) It is painted garish colors.
(d) Its value is so much higher than theirs.
11. What does Hank find on a shelf in Pope's office?
(a) A copy of his book published twenty years before.
(b) A file outlining grievances against Hank.
(c) A wad of large bills.
(d) An incriminating letter from Gracie.
12. Why does Hank consider that he was a difficult child?
(a) He was needy and noisy.
(b) He was a slow learner.
(c) He was hyperactive.
(d) He was always in trouble.
13. What does he think might be the cause of his physical problem, which also afflicted his father?
(a) He has chronic fatigue syndrome.
(b) He has asthma.
(c) He has a kidney stone.
(d) He has appendicitis.
14. In the evening, after Teddy drives Hank home, what does Hank decide to do?
(a) Go for a run.
(b) Go for a walk.
(c) Go for a drive in his wife's car.
(d) Take his motorcycle out.
15. What does Dickie Pope advise Hank to do?
(a) Sue the dean.
(b) Make a list of staff in his department that are expendable.
(c) Blow everything open by going to the news media.
(d) Take an available position in another department.
Short Answer Questions
1. Hank meets a young woman on his way home from his racquetball partner's place. What does she say to him that Hank agrees with?
2. From his meeting with Dickie Pope, what does Hank find out is true?
3. Who is the goose named after?
4. Why does Dickie Pope think Hank should do as he is advising?
5. How did Hank's father get the dog?
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