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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Hank upset with his mother about Mr. Purty picking up his father and his things?
(a) He thinks Mr. Purty is trying to rob his father.
(b) He thinks Mr. Purty will steal his mother away from his father.
(c) He just doesn't like Mr. Purty.
(d) He thinks his mother is taking advantage of Mr. Purty's good nature.

2. How does Hank describe a professor's inability to lecture?
(a) As the end of their career.
(b) As their worst nightmare come true.
(c) As a joke.
(d) As a common occurence.

3. What city does Russell tell Hank that he has been offered a job in?
(a) Miami.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Mobile.

4. Who does Hank sell one of the lots next to his house to?
(a) His daughter and her boyfriend.
(b) His mother.
(c) Tony Coniglia.
(d) Jacob and Gracie.

5. In the Epilogue, what has happened to Paul Rourke's wife?
(a) She is pregnant with Teddy Barnes' child.
(b) She has left Paul.
(c) She has died in a freak car accident.
(d) She has gotten a job teaching at the college.

6. In the Epilogue, where is Russell and who is with him?
(a) He is in Oregon with Meg.
(b) He is in Atlanta with his wife.
(c) He is in Canada with his new girlfriend.
(d) He is in Europe with his son.

7. Who calls Hank right after the head of campus security calls?
(a) Eddie Lacombe.
(b) Vic Robinson.
(c) Dickie Pope.
(d) Teddy Barnes.

8. What did his father notice about his lecture as he went out into the university hallway?
(a) He could remember it all.
(b) He could remember the beginning and end but not the middle.
(c) That he remembered it, but it made no sense.
(d) It didn't help at all.

9. What can Hank tell from from the lights in his hiding place in the ceiling?
(a) That there is a meeting about staff vacation time next door.
(b) Where the English department is meeting.
(c) That the Humanities department is meeting three rooms down.
(d) That the dean is meeting with the press in his office.

10. After visiting with his father, Hank goes to teach his composition class. Who does he notice is not there?
(a) Leo.
(b) Blair.
(c) Rudy.
(d) Solange.

11. What does Hank learn as the meeting below him comes to an end?
(a) That the dean has taken a job in Texas.
(b) That he has been recalled as chairman by two-thirds of the vote.
(c) That none of the professors will be getting vacation time.
(d) That he has been transferred to the Humanities department.

12. In the Epilogue, Hank is on leave. What is this called for a professor?
(a) A professional development opportunity.
(b) A mini-vacation.
(c) A sabbatical.
(d) An emeritus appointment.

13. Hank stops at a diner before reaching campus after the call about the dead bird. He runs into Mr. Purty. What does Mr. Purty have attached to his truck?
(a) A U-Haul trailer.
(b) A blue tarp.
(c) A trailer.
(d) A dead deer.

14. How does Hank compare the faculty cocktail party and the university classroom?
(a) Both are necessary to visiting professors.
(b) They were both boring for his father.
(c) Teaching is more important than socializing.
(d) That it is much more important to be able to speak at the cocktail party.

15. How does Russell explain what happened between him and Hank's daughter?
(a) She tried to get by him and fell against the coffee table.
(b) He accidentally smashed her in the face with a hammer.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did his father write on to help him remember his lecture?

2. What was the prologue, as Hank wrote it, in Book Two originally published as?

3. How many books does Hank say his father had published by the time he left his family?

4. Who replaces Hank as chair of the English department?

5. In the Epilogue, what does Hank's wife tell them they have enough of?

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