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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the evening, after Teddy drives Hank home, what does Hank decide to do?
(a) Go for a run.
(b) Go for a drive in his wife's car.
(c) Take his motorcycle out.
(d) Go for a walk.

2. What does Hank do with what he finds on a shelf in Pope's office?
(a) Hides it behind a pile of papers.
(b) Slips it in his pocket.
(c) Throws it on Pope's desk.
(d) Leaves it there.

3. In the cafeteria, what does Meg tell Hank she might do?
(a) Write a book.
(b) Get her Ph. D.
(c) Get married.
(d) Travel for a year.

4. After leaving Bodie's office, Hank crosses campus and sees the television crew is there again. Who does he see with them?
(a) Missy Blaylock.
(b) Mandy Paxman.
(c) Maureen O'Neil.
(d) Michelle Devereaux.

5. What does Hank's mother remind him of when he visits?
(a) That his wife wants him to call her every day.
(b) That it is her birthday the next day.
(c) That his father is coming to live in Railton.
(d) That he needs to renew his driver's license.

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

7. What did the dog do soon after it arrived at Hank's?
(a) It ran away.
(b) It bit Hank.
(c) It dropped dead.
(d) It hid in the basement.

8. Bodie wants to know about Hank's meeting with Dickie Pope. What does she advise him to do?
(a) To make the college a female-only institution.
(b) To stay on the side of the teacher's union.
(c) To stay on the side of the administration.
(d) To support a teacher walkout.

9. What medium does Campbell Wheemer like to use as a teaching tool?
(a) Radio news reports.
(b) Television news reports.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Television comedy shows.

10. Before he visits with his mother, Hank visits with Mr. Purty. What does he give Hank?
(a) A pair of gag glasses with a nose attached.
(b) Three hundred dollars.
(c) An old set of rosary beads.
(d) Some very good advice about stocks.

11. As Hank watches the television crew, his hands tingle and he needs to urinate. What does he take these symptoms to mean?
(a) That he should start writing again.
(b) That his father is in the neighborhood.
(c) That he has diabetes.
(d) That he should throw his career aside and live in the woods.

12. In Chapter 4, Hank has a telephone conversation with someone who he suspects is drunk. Who is this person?
(a) His wife.
(b) His mother.
(c) Billy Quigley.
(d) Campbell Wheemer.

13. The night after the news report is aired, Hank meets with Dickie Pope. What is Dickie's position at the college?
(a) Campus Executive Officer.
(b) Head of Public Relations.
(c) Resident Writer.
(d) Vice-Chancellor.

14. Why does Hank consider that he was a difficult child?
(a) He was hyperactive.
(b) He was needy and noisy.
(c) He was a slow learner.
(d) He was always in trouble.

15. What is the name of the subdivision that Hank and his wife live in?
(a) College View.
(b) Alleghany Place.
(c) Alleghany Estates.
(d) College Heights.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hank has a dog named Occam. What kind of dog is Occam?

2. What is the nickname Hank has given to one the geese near the new center?

3. How did Hank's father get the dog?

4. What is near the center that is home to a large number of birds?

5. After speaking with Herbert and Paul, Hank phones his wife. She says her father is in jail. What is her father's name?

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