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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. Why is Hank upset with his mother about Mr. Purty picking up his father and his things?
(a) He thinks Mr. Purty will steal his mother away from his father.
(b) He thinks his mother is taking advantage of Mr. Purty's good nature.
(c) He just doesn't like Mr. Purty.
(d) He thinks Mr. Purty is trying to rob his father.

2. When Hank finally arrives home with his wife and father-in-law, what sad news does he learn?
(a) That his daughter has filed for divorce.
(b) That his father has died.
(c) That his dog Occam has died.
(d) That he has been fired.

3. In the Epilogue, what does Hank say about his wife?
(a) That he doesn't know why she loves him.
(b) That she is too good for him.
(c) That she has become very religious.
(d) That he thinks they are heading for divorce.

4. What did Hank's father realize as he listened to his lecture being delivered by someone else?
(a) That his notes the person was reading for him made no sense.
(b) The difference between delivering information and teaching.
(c) That he wished he could run away.
(d) That he indeed had a brilliant mind.

5. Why is Hank angry with the woman who is having an affair with Russell?
(a) She is too casual about it.
(b) She had lied to Hank when he asked her about it.
(c) Hank thinks Russell is too good for her.
(d) She is married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the prologue, as Hank wrote it, in Book Two originally published as?

2. After leaving his ceiling and his office, Hank finds his son-in-law, Russell. Where is Russell?

3. After talking to his excited secretary, who appears at Hank's office door demanding to know if he killed the murdered bird?

4. What does Hank hear someone say at the meeting he is suspended above?

5. Which university was William Henry Devereaux offered a position at, after he left his family?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Hank's father finally solve his problem? How does Hank assess this?

2. On Monday morning, Hank gets a call from Lou Steinmetz. What is Lou's job and what does he ask Hank about? Who calls Hank right after Lou? What does he tell Hank?

3. Russell goes along to the party for Tony, and tries to get Tony's computer to work, without success. While this is going on, a large group of the professors get stuck in the room, and cannot seem to be able to figure out how to get out. What is Hank's observation on this?

4. Hank goes back to his office after seeing his mother on the street. What happens to him there and what does he immediately do?

5. Where does Hank go after he visits Paul Bourke's place? What happens there that upsets Hank?

6. When Hank finally goes to see his father in his new house in Railton, what is Hank's reaction? How does he react to what his father says about the writer Charles Dickens?

7. How did Devereaux Sr. attempt to cope with his problem?

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

9. What has happened to Hank's father and mother, according to the Epilogue?

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

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