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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 it about Teddy that amuses Hank?
(a) He injures himself with his car door.
(b) He knows that Teddy is half in love with Hank's wife.
(c) He is wearing mismatched socks.
(d) He can never remember Hank's wife's name.

2. Hank meets a young woman on his way home from his racquetball partner's place. What does she say to him that Hank agrees with?
(a) "You're not him at all."
(b) "You remind me of someone."
(c) "You look terrible."
(d) "You're in big trouble."

3. What is Hank's full name?
(a) William Hank Baines.
(b) William Henry Devereaux, Jr.
(c) Henry William Devereaux, Sr.
(d) Henry Williams.

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

5. After talking to the goose, and then to Leo, Hank heads for the cafeteria. He meets Meg there. Who is Meg the daughter of?
(a) His father's second wife.
(b) Campbell Wheemer.
(c) Billy Quigley.
(d) Phineas Coomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Herbert Schonberg is a teaching colleague of Hank's. What other position does he hold?

2. Bodie tells Hank that she is being informed by someone who should watch his back. Who is this individual?

3. What is the name of the bar that Hank goes to with Tony after he is filmed for television news?

4. What did the outcome of getting a dog make Hank realize about his father?

5. When Hank is in his mother's basement, what kind of physical reaction does he have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is driving Hank home and what do they pass on their way? Where does Hank live?

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

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

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

6. In the Prologue, how does Hank explain that his life was not easy as a child?

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

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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