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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the evening, after Teddy drives Hank home, what does Hank decide to do?
(a) Go for a drive in his wife's car.
(b) Go for a walk.
(c) Go for a run.
(d) Take his motorcycle out.

2. What does Hank suggest to his daughter that they do about her situation?
(a) That she and her husband should go away for the weekend.
(b) They should celebrate with a family party.
(c) She should go to their family doctor.
(d) She should come over to her parents' house.

3. Why does he think his father might have had this affliction?
(a) It was retribution for not being a good father.
(b) He never took care of his health.
(c) It was retribution for his womanizing.
(d) He drank too much.

4. When Hank is in his mother's basement, what kind of physical reaction does he have?
(a) His nose begins to throb.
(b) He sneezes several times.
(c) He has a loud ringing in his ears.
(d) He feels dizzy.

5. What did Hank's father become famous for?
(a) Winning a $100 million dollar lottery.
(b) Killing a policeman.
(c) Exposing the Ashton Man as a fraud.
(d) Literary Theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. From his meeting with Dickie Pope, what does Hank find out is true?

2. Why is Hank's colleague Teddy driving him home after a staff meeting in Chapter 1?

3. In Chapter 10, Hank plays racquetball with his colleague, Tony Coniglia, and then they walk across campus. Where do they see a television crew?

4. What medium does Campbell Wheemer like to use as a teaching tool?

5. Hank wants some information from Jacob when they meet for lunch. What is Jacob's response?

Short Essay Questions

1. The morning after his news debut, Hank realizes the film has been shown on Good Morning, America, much to everyone's amusement. Hank heads to see Campbell Wheemer. What is Hank's nickname for Wheemer? Why does he call him that? How is Wheemer a contrast to Hank?

2. The evening after Teddy drops Hank off at home, what does Hank decide to do? Where does he end up and what is the result of this?

3. When he was eight, Hank's father did get a dog for him. What was the dog like, where did Mr. Devereaux get it, and what was Hank's reaction? Why did he react that way?

4. After seeing Bodie in her office and going to his own office, Hank is on his way out but is stopped by a couple of his colleagues. Who are they and what do they want?

5. The morning after Hank is hit in the nose at a staff meeting, he walks across campus and notices a construction site. What will this site be and what does Hank think about it?

6. Hank goes to see Dickie Pope. Who is Pope and what nickname does the staff give to his office? What does Hank do in his office? What does Pope hint to Hank?

7. What kinds of thoughts does Wheemer generate in Hank?

8. Who does Hank meet after he leaves his friend's house? What is his reaction to this?

9. What did Henry, as his parents called him, really want when he was a child? How did he go about convincing them to fulfill his dream?

10. After visiting with Mr. Purty and then his mother, Hank plays racquetball with another professor, Tony Coniglia. What happens after their game?

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