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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 name of Hank's daughter's husband?
(a) Russell.
(b) Roger.
(c) Raymond.
(d) Randy.

2. What does Hank buy, in anticipation of owning a dog?
(a) A fancy leash and collar.
(b) An expensive dog bed.
(c) A grooming brush.
(d) Several dog toys.

3. After returning to his office and hearing about his phone call, Hank decides he must deal with the issue. Who stops him on the way out?
(a) Bodie and her assistant.
(b) Teddy and June Barnes.
(c) Gracie and Jacob Rose.
(d) Bob and Jerri, from Human Resources.

4. As Hank watches the television crew, his hands tingle and he needs to urinate. What does he take these symptoms to mean?
(a) That he should throw his career aside and live in the woods.
(b) That he has diabetes.
(c) That he should start writing again.
(d) That his father is in the neighborhood.

5. How does Hank deal with the people who stop him on his way out of his office?
(a) He escapes by the back stairs.
(b) He shoves them out of his way.
(c) He calms them down and agrees with everything they say.
(d) He hints that he would be happy to lose his job.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Hank's wife's name?

3. Why does this new center on campus bother Hank?

4. How does Hank feel about Bodie Pie?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. When Hank gets home from the staff meeting, who is he greeted by? What does Hank find amusing about Teddy's reaction?

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

8. 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?

9. 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?

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

(see the answer keys)

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