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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hank and Tony head off to their homes in separate cars. What does Hank end up thinking about?
(a) His parents.
(b) His near suicide attempt when he was a teenager.
(c) That he needs to buy a new car.
(d) The state of his marriage.

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

3. Where does Hank call his doctor's office from?
(a) Gracie DuBois' office.
(b) His cell phone.
(c) The dean's office.
(d) A pay phone.

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

5. At the end of Chapter 25, what does Hank find out about Jacob Rose and Gracie DuBois?
(a) That they have been plotting against him.
(b) They are going to get married.
(c) That they are on the run from the law.
(d) That they are leaving the college.

6. What does Hank's mother make obvious to Hank after he almost runs her over?
(a) That he better leave town.
(b) That she thought his television report was hilarious.
(c) That his father needs her care.
(d) That she thinks he killed the campus bird.

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

8. What does Hank do when he positions himself over the room where the meeting is?
(a) He starts to sing as loud as he can.
(b) He thumps on the ceiling five times.
(c) He phones his wife on his cell phone.
(d) He drops a piece of paper into the room.

9. After Hank gets Russell out of Russell's lover's house, where does Hank take him?
(a) To Russell's parents' house.
(b) To see Hank's daughter.
(c) To the airport.
(d) To Billy Quigley's.

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

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

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

13. Why does Hank not go directly home the morning after his night in jail?
(a) There are several police cars in his neighborhood.
(b) He has lost his keys.
(c) His car has been impounded.
(d) He is afraid to face his wife.

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

15. Why is Hank angry with the woman who is having an affair with Russell?
(a) She is too casual about it.
(b) Hank thinks Russell is too good for her.
(c) She had lied to Hank when he asked her about it.
(d) She is married.

Short Answer Questions

1. After leaving his ceiling and his office, Hank finds his son-in-law, Russell. Where is Russell?

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

3. What does Hank's doctor tell him about his urinary problem?

4. Who calls Hank right after the head of campus security calls?

5. Hank describes his father as leaving the family. What is one reason he left the family?

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