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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rachel's position at the college?
(a) She is head secretary.
(b) She is Hank's department's secretary.
(c) She is the dean's assistant.
(d) She teaches German.

2. What does Hank suggest to his daughter that they do about her situation?
(a) She should come over to her parents' house.
(b) That she and her husband should go away for the weekend.
(c) She should go to their family doctor.
(d) They should celebrate with a family party.

3. What is staff member Gracie upset about in Chapter 1 that leads to Hank's being driven home?
(a) Hank owes her money.
(b) He tells her she looks fat.
(c) Hank fires her.
(d) He hints that he does not consider her a poet.

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

5. What does Hank buy, in anticipation of owning a dog?
(a) Several dog toys.
(b) A grooming brush.
(c) An expensive dog bed.
(d) A fancy leash and collar.

6. What do Hank's parents do for a living?
(a) His father is a writer, his mother a professor.
(b) They are both college professors.
(c) They are both doctors.
(d) His father is a doctor, his mother a high school teacher.

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

8. What are the names of Hank's daughters?
(a) Jennifer and Amy.
(b) Julie and Karen.
(c) Jodie and Tracey.
(d) Joanne and Melissa.

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

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

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

12. What is Hank's job at Railton College?
(a) He is head of security.
(b) He is an assistant instructor in the English department.
(c) He is interim chairman of the English department.
(d) He is chairman of the Languages department.

13. From his meeting with Dickie Pope, what does Hank find out is true?
(a) The college has to close down temporarily.
(b) Enrollment at the college is down.
(c) Cuts of 20% must be made to each department.
(d) The English and Languages departments will be combined.

14. What route does Hank take as he heads home from his racquetball partner's place?
(a) He has to walk ten blocks down a hill.
(b) He walks through the woods.
(c) He walks the short distance to his subdivision.
(d) He hitchhikes on the highway.

15. Why is one of Hank's daughters concerned about her mother going out of town for an interview?
(a) She thinks her mother is lying to her.
(b) She worries about her mother's careless driving habits.
(c) She thinks that her parents might be getting a divorce.
(d) She needs her to babysit for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dickie Pope think Hank should do as he is advising?

2. What does Hank's mother remind him of when he visits?

3. Why does he think his father might have had this affliction?

4. In the Prologue, how old is Hank?

5. Why are some of Hank's colleagues angry about his property?

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