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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. 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 another person has been there.
(c) If they are clean.
(d) If there are distinct odors.

2. If an owner wants to encourage movement in a dog, what should she or he do?
(a) Use both long, repetitive notes.
(b) Use short, repetitive notes.
(c) Use both short and spare notes.
(d) Use long, spare notes.

3. How many scent receptors do humans have?
(a) 20 million.
(b) 120 million.
(c) 5 million.
(d) 220 million.

4. According to McConnell, humans are "living, breathing _____machine guns."
(a) Tactile.
(b) Aural.
(c) Olfaction.
(d) Verbal.

5. What physical traits were present in the study which illustrated that paedomorphism is also physiological?
(a) Floppy ears, curly tails, and different brain chemistry in foxes.
(b) Floppy ears, long tails, and different brain chemistry in dogs.
(c) Large eyes, round face, and different brain chemistry in primates.
(d) Short legs, long torso, and different brain chemistry in humans.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can an owner make themselves the object of a chase?

2. What is the first step a person should do in order to ingratiate her or himself with a dog?

3. Why is it confusing for a dog when a person uses similar phrasing?

4. According to McConnell, small _______impart big meaning for a dog.

5. What does "Motherese" mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it important to properly teach a dog to play fetch?

2. Why is it counter-intuitive to yell a command to a barking dog?

3. According to McConnell, what physical behaviors should people pay the most attention to in a dog and why?

4. What is a little known fact about our sense of smell, and what does it indicate about how humans live in the world?

5. What do the steps in teaching a dog how to come illustrate about training dogs?

6. What is the "guy-with-the-gold-chain" hypothesis and what does it signify?

7. Why do primates look away, and in what situations should an owner do the same?

8. How does an owner temper a body block and why is it important?

9. What is object play and what is its relation to our primate heritage?

10. According to McConnell, what physical behaviors do dogs not appreciate that humans do and why?

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