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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. What is the nickname Hank has given to one the geese near the new center?
(a) Fool.
(b) Fatty.
(c) Finny.
(d) Freddy.

2. In Chapter 4, Hank has a telephone conversation with someone who he suspects is drunk. Who is this person?
(a) Billy Quigley.
(b) His mother.
(c) Campbell Wheemer.
(d) His wife.

3. In Chapter 3, where does Hank end up, after he has made the decision to go out?
(a) A house in Alleghany Wells.
(b) His best friend's apartment.
(c) In his office.
(d) The corner store.

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

5. How does Hank feel about Bodie Pie?
(a) He thinks she is brilliant.
(b) He does not understand her sense of humor.
(c) He does not approve of her being a lesbian.
(d) He is half in love with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Hank's parents do for a living?

2. Hank decides he has to leave his racquetball partner's house and go home. What physical problem is Hank experiencing as he heads home?

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

4. What breed was the dog that Hank's father brought home for him?

5. What is Hank's full name?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Hank gets back to his office, after meeting with Bodie, what does he tell his secretary? What does Rachel tell him and what does Hank do about this?

2. What is near the construction site that catches Hank's attention? What does he do?

3. When Hank gets home from his visit to Julie, he has a conversation with Billy Quigley. What are Billy's characteristics and what is the conversation about?

4. After visiting the duck pond, Hank heads to the cafeteria. Who does he meet there? What is Hank's history with this person? What do they talk about?

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. 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?

7. 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?

8. After meeting with his colleagues and before Hank leaves his office to go home, Hank looks around his office and reminisces about his stint as interim chair. What is his assessment?

9. What did Hank's mother make Hank promise to do if he got a dog? Why?

10. What does Hank say in the Prologue about his father's life after the arrival of the dog? What does he say about his relationship with his father?

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