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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. 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 should start writing again.
(c) That his father is in the neighborhood.
(d) That he has diabetes.

2. In the cafeteria, what does Meg tell Hank she might do?
(a) Write a book.
(b) Get married.
(c) Get her Ph. D.
(d) Travel for a year.

3. Why are some of Hank's colleagues angry about his property?
(a) His yard is full of junk.
(b) It is painted garish colors.
(c) Its value is so much higher than theirs.
(d) He will not sell the lots on either side of him.

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

5. What is Hank's job at Railton College?
(a) He is an assistant instructor in the English department.
(b) He is interim chairman of the English department.
(c) He is chairman of the Languages department.
(d) He is head of security.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hank respond to Bodie's advice?

2. 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?

3. What does Dickie Pope advise Hank to do?

4. What did Hank's father become famous for?

5. What does Hank buy, in anticipation of owning a dog?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. Who is Bodie Pie? What is the result of Hank's meeting with her?

5. 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?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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