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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How do you teach a dog to come?
(a) Turn toward the dog, call "Come", throw a treat, and whistle once.
(b) Turn away from the dog, call "Come," walk in the opposite direction, and clap once.
(c) Turn away from the dog, call "Come", throw a treat, and clap once.
(d) Turn toward the dog, call "Come", walk in the same direction, and whistle once.

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

5. What kind of animal behaviorist is Patricia McConnell?
(a) A theoretical animal behaviorist.
(b) An applied animal behaviorist.
(c) A genetic animal behaviorist.
(d) A biological animal behaviorist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does a person "release the pressure" after a block has been initiated?

2. What is the human equivalent of a "hip slam" and "shoulder slam"?

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

4. What three behaviors do dogs consider highly rude?

5. What is the second mistake McConnell makes with the dog who lunges at her in front of an audience?

(see the answer key)

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