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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a little known fact regarding humans sense of smell?
(a) That it is inferior to dogs.
(b) That it is very important.
(c) That it is unimportant.
(d) That it is superior to dogs.

2. Can dogs sniff out land mines and cancer?
(a) Only when a dog has matured.
(b) Yes.
(c) Only during certain months.
(d) No.

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

4. How does McConnell respond to the dog when it lunges at her in front of an audience?
(a) She retreats from the dog.
(b) She kicks the dog.
(c) She yells at the dog.
(d) She pets the dog.

5. How does a person "release the pressure" after a block has been initiated?
(a) By leaning back.
(b) By crouching down.
(c) By stepping aside.
(d) By turning around.

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

7. What ingrained behavior is considered affectionate for humans but rude for dogs and should be avoided?
(a) Kissing.
(b) Rubbing.
(c) Talking.
(d) Hugging.

8. What is the "guy-with-the-gold-chain" hypothesis?
(a) It is the theory that a dog enjoys advertising to other dogs that it has been in contact with food-related things.
(b) It is the theory that dogs do not enjoy advertising to other dogs that it has been in contact with food-related things.
(c) It is the theory that dogs are afraid of guys who wear gold chains.
(d) It is the theory that dogs like guys who wear gold chains.

9. Like dogs, humans are also in tune with what?
(a) Minute physical movements.
(b) High-pitched sounds.
(c) Friendly people.
(d) Approaching danger.

10. What can a dog do if it gets fed up or angry with play fighting?
(a) The dog can lash out.
(b) The dog can run away.
(c) The dog can disobey.
(d) The dog can get hurt.

11. What is "object play" associated with for humans?
(a) Our memory.
(b) Our speech ability.
(c) Our primate heritage.
(d) Our intelligence.

12. Whose nostrils can move independently from their face?
(a) Primates.
(b) Cats.
(c) Humans.
(d) Dogs.

13. McConnell suggests sniffing different parts of the house, plants, books, bedsheets, in order to determine what?
(a) If a dog has been there.
(b) If there are distinct odors.
(c) If they are clean.
(d) If another person has been there.

14. What form of play does McConnell NOT recommend?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Fetch.
(c) Tricks.
(d) Hide and Seek.

15. What three behaviors do dogs consider highly rude?
(a) Distance, face-to-face contact, and direct eye contact.
(b) Distance, no face-to-face contact, and no direct eye contact.
(c) Closeness, no face-to-face contact, and no direct eye contact.
(d) Closeness, face-to-face contact, and direct eye contact.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do adult humans and dogs both do that make them rare in the animal world?

2. How did researchers discover that paedomorphism is also physiological?

3. Why would an owner use "pup pup pup"?

4. What kind of dog lunges at McConnell in front of an audience in the opening chapter?

5. When a dog's corners of the mouth are forward, what is it a sign of?

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