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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first step a person should do in order to ingratiate her or himself with a dog?
(a) Talk to the dog from ten feet away.
(b) Give treats from your hand.
(c) Approach the dog.
(d) Throw treats from ten feet away.

2. What are the corners of a dog's mouth called?
(a) Ceassures.
(b) Cissurres.
(c) Closurres.
(d) Commissures.

3. What does a person who wants to block have to do?
(a) Move after the dog has moved and lunge after the dog with your arms.
(b) Anticipate a dog's movement and step in the space you do not want a dog to enter.
(c) Move at the same time as the dog by running towards the space the dog has entered.
(d) Ignore a dog's movement by turning your back on the dog and walking away.

4. What is McConnell doing when she mistakenly gets too close to the dog in front of an audience?
(a) Fielding a question.
(b) Retrieving a toy.
(c) Giving a command.
(d) Offering a treat.

5. What should an owner do who wants to avoid a dog from crawling into her or his lap?
(a) Do a doogie play bow and look at the dog purposefully.
(b) Do a torso body block and turn your head away purposefully.
(c) Get up from the seat and walk away purposefully.
(d) Move to the side and turn toward the dog purposefully.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do wolf and canine packs use "hip slams" and "shoulder slams"?

2. What is a dog pushing the corners of her or his mouth back a sign of?

3. According to McConnell, what do decades of research indicate about what almost all dogs respond to?

4. According to McConnell, how do dogs feel about humans petting them?

5. When a person cocks his or her head, what does it tell the dog?

(see the answer key)

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