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

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

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

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

5. What myth do humans perpetuate about dog's regard for them, according to McConnell?
(a) That dogs give humans "conditional negative regard."
(b) That dogs give humans "unconditional negative regard."
(c) That dogs give humans "unconditional positive regard."
(d) That dogs give humans "conditional positive regard."

Short Answer Questions

1. When teaching a dog how to play fetch, what does McConnell recommend doing in lieu of prying a ball from a dog's mouth?

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

3. According to McConnell, what is the best word to use to encourage a dog's silence?

4. What is habituation?

5. According to McConnell, both humans and dogs are ______and_______.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are commissures, and why are they important?

3. What point does McConnell make in relating her experience with the aggressive mastiff?

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

5. Why does McConnell advise against play fighting or wrestling with a dog?

6. According to McConnell, what sense perception do humans believe dogs respond to that is incorrect and why is it significant?

7. Why does McConnell recommend that a dog owner wear a hat around the house, and what is her larger point?

8. What is the difference between how we use our sense of smell versus how dogs use their sense of smell?

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

10. What story does McConnell relate about a dog's memory for smell, and why is it significant?

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