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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 suggests Hank become the college chaplain.
(b) Hank should resign.
(c) He thinks Hank should start writing again.
(d) That Hank should become dean.

3. How does Hank react to the dean's suggestion about a career move for Hank?
(a) With puzzlement.
(b) With astonishment.
(c) With very little interest.
(d) With anger.

4. What was one reason the university was happy to hire Devereaux Sr.?
(a) He was willing to work for a small salary.
(b) He did not need a faculty house to live in.
(c) He had the best credentials of the candidates.
(d) He had a very respected academic reputation.

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

6. After talking to his excited secretary, who appears at Hank's office door demanding to know if he killed the murdered bird?
(a) The mayor of the town.
(b) The dean.
(c) Dickie Pope.
(d) A television crew.

7. As Hank heads to campus after the call about the dead bird, he thinks about his father-in-law. What are his feelings about his father-in-law?
(a) He dislikes him.
(b) That he has always liked him but is not sure his father-in-law feels the same about Hank.
(c) They get along great and have a lot in common.
(d) He wishes he knew him better.

8. Where is Hank, when he wakes up to find his wife beside him and his father-in-law close by?
(a) In jail.
(b) At Tony's place.
(c) At his daughter's house.
(d) In the hospital.

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) That the dean is meeting with the press in his office.
(c) That the Humanities department is meeting three rooms down.
(d) Where the English department is meeting.

10. Who tells Hank that she has something she wants to tell him about Tony Coniglia?
(a) Missy Blaylock.
(b) Marjory Putnam.
(c) June Barnes.
(d) Bodie Pie.

11. 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 talk to the students if he turned his back.
(c) He had a reputation of being a great speaker.
(d) He could still talk to them in the halls and at social events.

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

13. Who comes into Hank's office when he is up in the ceiling?
(a) His wife.
(b) Meg Quigley and her father.
(c) His doctor.
(d) A newspaper reporter.

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

15. After botching the first lecture, Hank's father was confident he could return to the classroom and lecture again. What was the name of the student that was last on the roll?
(a) Miss Ellsworth.
(b) Miss Wainwright.
(c) Mrs. Wheelwright.
(d) Mrs. Wordsworth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Hank doing when he wets his pants?

3. After visiting with his father, Hank goes to teach his composition class. Who does he notice is not there?

4. As Hank leaves his mother outside the large Victorian house, what does he notice?

5. What did his father notice about his lecture as he went out into the university hallway?

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