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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 method did Hank's father find worked for him, and he could finally resume lecturing?
(a) He recorded his lectures and wrote comments on the board.
(b) He wore dark glasses to class.
(c) If he started outside the room and looked up at the back wall.
(d) He stood at the back of the room so no one could see him.

2. What can Hank tell from from the lights in his hiding place in the ceiling?
(a) That the Humanities department is meeting three rooms down.
(b) That the dean is meeting with the press in his office.
(c) Where the English department is meeting.
(d) That there is a meeting about staff vacation time next door.

3. Hank mentions in his article that his father had written about a television program for his book on pop culture. What television program did he write about?
(a) Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood.
(b) The Brady Bunch.
(c) Sesame Street.
(d) The Price is Right.

4. After Hank gets Russell out of Russell's lover's house, where does Hank take him?
(a) To Russell's parents' house.
(b) To see Hank's daughter.
(c) To Billy Quigley's.
(d) To the airport.

5. What have Hank and his wife taken to doing during his time off?
(a) Learning Italian.
(b) Playing with their grandson.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Jogging together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hank goes to the dean's office after he has seen his father and taught his class. What career move does the dean suggest Hank make?

2. Where is Hank, when he wakes up to find his wife beside him and his father-in-law close by?

3. What did his father write on to help him remember his lecture?

4. What is the name of Hank's doctor?

5. What is Hank surprised about, when he finally sees his father?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the Epilogue, what does Hank tell the readers he is now doing?

2. What happens while Hank is up in the office building ceiling?

3. After Hank leaves his doctor's office, what are the series of events that ensue that involve his mother?

4. What does Mr. Purty tell Hank about his father? What is Hank's reaction?

5. How does Hank sneak out of the building after his time in the ceiling? Who does he meet and what ensues?

6. Hank heads to campus after Lou and Teddy's calls, and on his way passes his daughter Julie's house. He starts to think about his wife's call. What did she tell him about her father? How does Hank feel about his father-in-law?

7. What does Hank notice as he leaves his mother in front of the Victorian house?

8. What are Hank's Prologues to Book One and Two about, and where are they published? What is his mother's reaction to his writing?

9. The morning after Hank and Tony end up in the same place, what does Hank find when he heads home? What does he do instead? What does he find out?

10. After going to his own office and speaking to his secretary, Hank heads to the Dean's (Jacob Rose) office. What does Hank do there and what kind of response does he get?

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