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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hank deal with the people who stop him on his way out of his office?
(a) He calms them down and agrees with everything they say.
(b) He hints that he would be happy to lose his job.
(c) He escapes by the back stairs.
(d) He shoves them out of his way.

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

3. In Chapter 6, Hank heads across campus to the cafeteria. What does he pass on his way there?
(a) The brand new Arts Center.
(b) The excavated hole for the new Center for Technological Studies.
(c) The just completed Student Union Center.
(d) The soon to open Alleghany Hills Shopping Center.

4. Why does he think his father might have had this affliction?
(a) It was retribution for his womanizing.
(b) He drank too much.
(c) He never took care of his health.
(d) It was retribution for not being a good father.

5. 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 brick.
(b) A tape recorder.
(c) A bible.
(d) A goose.

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

7. Leo overhears Hank talking to the goose near the new center. Who is Leo?
(a) A custodian.
(b) The grounds keeper.
(c) One of his students.
(d) A cafeteria worker.

8. Generally, how does Hank's father deal with Hank?
(a) He avoids him.
(b) He is verbally abusive.
(c) He treats him like his best friend.
(d) He is very attentive and loving.

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

10. What does Leo aspire to be?
(a) A professor.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A millionaire.
(d) A writer.

11. How did Hank's father get the dog?
(a) Its previous owner died.
(b) It was a stray their neighbor found.
(c) Its previous owner developed allergies.
(d) Its previous owner went into a nursing home.

12. Bodie tells Hank that she is being informed by someone who should watch his back. Who is this individual?
(a) Jacob Rose.
(b) Teddy Barnes.
(c) Paul Bourke.
(d) Tony Coniglia.

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

14. After talking to the goose, and then to Leo, Hank heads for the cafeteria. He meets Meg there. Who is Meg the daughter of?
(a) Phineas Coomb.
(b) Billy Quigley.
(c) His father's second wife.
(d) Campbell Wheemer.

15. What is Hank's wife's name?
(a) Lydia.
(b) Laura.
(c) Layla.
(d) Lily.

Short Answer Questions

1. From his meeting with Dickie Pope, what does Hank find out is true?

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

3. The night after the news report is aired, Hank meets with Dickie Pope. What is Dickie's position at the college?

4. What does Campbell Wheemer ask Hank advice about?

5. What did Hank's father become famous for?

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