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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does Hank's doctor give to the health issue Hank had earlier in the novel?
(a) Hysterical prostate.
(b) Gingivitis.
(c) A bladder infection.
(d) Fibromyalgia.

2. What is the person who called after the head of campus security, calling Hank about?
(a) If he killed the heron just found on campus.
(b) If he killed the duck just found on campus.
(c) If he killed the crow just found on campus.
(d) If he killed the goose just found on campus.

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

4. Hank goes to the dean's office after he has seen his father and taught his class. What career move does the dean suggest Hank make?
(a) He thinks Hank should start writing again.
(b) Hank should resign.
(c) That Hank should become dean.
(d) He suggests Hank become the college chaplain.

5. In the Epilogue, what is the outcome for Hank's father-in-law?
(a) He has to do six months of community service.
(b) He dies before the date of the trial.
(c) He gets a suspended sentence.
(d) He goes to jail for two months.

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

7. Where does Mr. Purty pick up Hank's father, before Hank sees the two of them at the diner?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York City.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Richmond.

8. Why does the head of campus security show up at Hank's composition class with a policeman?
(a) They want to talk to Hank about his stolen car.
(b) The policeman has a warrant for Hank's arrest.
(c) They want to know where Rachel Williams is.
(d) They are looking for the student who killed the birds on campus.

9. Hank realizes his son-in-law is having an affair. With whom?
(a) Meg Quigley.
(b) Bodie Pie.
(c) Russell's sister-in-law.
(d) Rachel Williams.

10. Hank's father could not seem to get over his inability to deliver his lectures. Who did he turn the job over to?
(a) Jacob Rose.
(b) His research assistant.
(c) The head of the English department.
(d) Hank.

11. How does Hank's wife respond to finding the photo of the woman in Tony's hot tub in his pocket?
(a) She cries for hours.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She wonders if it was a reporter on local TV.
(d) She begins divorce proceedings.

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

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. In the Epilogue, who has become the new dean of Railton College?
(a) Lou Steinmetz.
(b) Paul Bourke.
(c) Hank's father.
(d) Bodie Pie.

15. In the Epilogue, what nickname has Paul given Hank?
(a) Lucky Hank.
(b) Harry-O
(c) Devine Devereaux.
(d) The Genius.

Short Answer Questions

1. What situation at the end of the Epilogue makes Hank laugh at how academics can be?

2. What was one reason the university was happy to hire Devereaux Sr.?

3. Why does Hank not go directly home the morning after his night in jail?

4. Hank and Tony head off to their homes in separate cars. What does Hank end up thinking about?

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

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