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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. When Hank goes to deal with his daughter's issue, and sees her, what does he notice about her?
(a) She looks happier than she has in months.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is crying hysterically.
(d) She has a black eye.

2. Hank goes to visit his mother after he has lunch with Jacob. His mother is worried about Mr. Purty. Who is he?
(a) Her brother-in-law.
(b) Her landlord.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) The college football coach.

3. What route does Hank take as he heads home from his racquetball partner's place?
(a) He walks through the woods.
(b) He walks the short distance to his subdivision.
(c) He has to walk ten blocks down a hill.
(d) He hitchhikes on the highway.

4. After seeing the television crew on campus for a second time, Hank returns to his office. What does his secretary tell him about his daughter?
(a) She is waiting for him outside.
(b) That her husband has accepted a job in Denver.
(c) That she is in the hospital.
(d) That she called and has been crying.

5. Bodie wants to know about Hank's meeting with Dickie Pope. What does she advise him to do?
(a) To support a teacher walkout.
(b) To make the college a female-only institution.
(c) To stay on the side of the administration.
(d) To stay on the side of the teacher's union.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On the way home from the college with Teddy, what does Hank notice by the side of the road?

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

4. Just before meeting with Dickie Pope, Hank ends up in colleague Campbell Wheemer's office. What is Hank's nickname for Wheemer?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

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

8. After Hank leaves Bodie Pie's office, what does he notice is happening again?

9. Where is the second place Hank goes to the night of his television report? What happens there? What does Hank end up doing?

10. Hank's news item is aired on television and he becomes something of a local hero to his colleagues. What is the first place Hank goes to that night? What is bothering him?

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