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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Russell explain what happened between him and Hank's daughter?
(a) He accidentally smashed her in the face with a hammer.
(b) She tried to get by him and fell against the coffee table.
(c) He pushed her down the stairs but is sorry now.
(d) She had tried to hurt him and fell down as she was doing so.

2. Why does Hank have the reaction that he does to the dean's suggestion?
(a) Because he thinks the dean is insane.
(b) Because he wants to study for a Ph. D.
(c) Because he is very ill.
(d) Because he hasn't heard a word the dean has said.

3. After Hank leaves his doctor's office, he almost runs his mother down. Who is she with?
(a) A real estate agent.
(b) A policeman.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His father.

4. How many books does Hank say his father had published by the time he left his family?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) One.

5. In the Epilogue, Hank's other daughter is pregnant. Who is the father?
(a) A young music professor.
(b) The bass player in a rock band.
(c) A plastic surgeon.
(d) Campbell Wheemer.

6. Why is the meeting that Hank can tell from the lights important to him?
(a) He wants to be at the vacation-time meeting to ask for time off.
(b) He thinks the dean will tell the press negative things about him.
(c) He might lose his position as interim chairman of the English department.
(d) He thinks he might be transferred to the Humanities department.

7. Why were William Henry Devereaux's colleagues at his new place of work confused about his inability to lecture?
(a) He could still talk to them in the halls and at social events.
(b) He was still publishing incredible articles.
(c) He could talk to the students if he turned his back.
(d) He had a reputation of being a great speaker.

8. What is Hank surprised about, when he finally sees his father?
(a) How his father has aged.
(b) That his parents are in love again.
(c) That his father cannot read anymore.
(d) That is father is in a wheelchair.

9. After leaving his ceiling and his office, Hank finds his son-in-law, Russell. Where is Russell?
(a) Waiting in his car in the parking lot.
(b) In the dean's office.
(c) In the lobby of the English department.
(d) Hitchhiking on the side of a campus road.

10. What is Hank doing when he wets his pants?
(a) Talking on the phone to Meg Quigley.
(b) Marking assignments.
(c) Having a nap.
(d) Using the photocopier.

11. When Hank returns to his office after talking to Mr. Purty and then Meg Quigley, why is his secretary upset but excited?
(a) She has been asked to be on "Good Morning America".
(b) Hank's agent has told her she will get her stories published.
(c) She has been given a promotion.
(d) She says she saw who killed the birds.

12. Hank mentions in his article that his father had written about a television program for his book on pop culture. What television program did he write about?
(a) Sesame Street.
(b) Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood.
(c) The Brady Bunch.
(d) The Price is Right.

13. What does Mr. Purty tell Hank about his father that worries Hank?
(a) That his father is losing his hearing.
(b) That his father has Alzheimer's.
(c) That his father has had fits of crying.
(d) That his father has been having seizures.

14. What does Hank find out about Meg Quigley that surprises him?
(a) That she knows his daughter.
(b) That she has given up drinking.
(c) That she is not really Billy's daughter.
(d) That she is secretly married to Campbell Wheemer.

15. After Hank gets out of the ceiling and cleans up, where does he go with his friend Tony?
(a) To a restaurant.
(b) To a bar.
(c) To Philadelphia.
(d) To Tony's place.

Short Answer Questions

1. After talking to his excited secretary, who appears at Hank's office door demanding to know if he killed the murdered bird?

2. At the end of Chapter 25, what does Hank find out about Jacob Rose and Gracie DuBois?

3. After Hank gets Russell out of Russell's lover's house, where does Hank take him?

4. What name does Hank's doctor give to the health issue Hank had earlier in the novel?

5. What have Hank and his wife taken to doing during his time off?

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