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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. Where does Hank go when he leaves the college after dealing with the people in his office?
(a) He goes to his daughter's work place.
(b) He goes to their family doctor.
(c) He goes to his daughter's house.
(d) He goes to his building's foyer.

2. Hank is visited at his house by Herbert Schonberg, Paul Rourke, and a third person. Who is this individual?
(a) Paul Rourke's first wife.
(b) Hank's older daughter.
(c) Paul Rourke's second wife.
(d) Hank's mother.

3. When did Hank's father leave his family?
(a) Six months after he brought the dog home.
(b) When Hank was in junior high.
(c) When Hank was in college.
(d) Just after Hank got married.

4. What does Dickie Pope advise Hank to do?
(a) Sue the dean.
(b) Make a list of staff in his department that are expendable.
(c) Take an available position in another department.
(d) Blow everything open by going to the news media.

5. What state is Railton College in?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Ohio.
(c) New York.
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of Hank's daughters?

2. What is the name of the subdivision that Hank and his wife live in?

3. Why is one of Hank's daughters concerned about her mother going out of town for an interview?

4. When Hank goes to deal with his daughter's issue, and sees her, what does he notice about her?

5. What did Hank's mother want him to do in exchange for allowing him to have a dog?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. What is the narrator, Hank's, full name and what is his occupation? Where does he work?

4. 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?

5. What events transpired after the dog arrived at the Devereaux home?

6. 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?

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

8. When Hank finally gets home, what is his daughter doing? What message does he find on his answering machine?

9. Why is Hank under pressure from his department colleagues at the beginning of the book? What does this result in at a staff meeting?

10. Who does Hank meet at the local bowling alley for lunch? What do they talk about?

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