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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can a person tell if a dog is threatening or submissive?

2. How many forms of play does McConnell recommend?

3. What does a person who wants to block have to do?

4. How many languages do the animal handlers McConnell researches use?

5. What does "Motherese" mean?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How should an owner house train her or his dog?

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

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

5. What is habituation and why does it present a challenge for trainers?

6. Why does McConnell advise against taking a ball from a dog's mouth, and why is it important?

7. What advice does McConnell offer in terms of how humans monitor their speech?

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

9. How do dogs interpret loud voices and what does it signify?

10. What is paedomorphism, and why is it significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose three dogs from the book and discuss them as characters. What are their physical and psychological attributes? What purpose do their stories serve for McConnell's argument?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Puppy Mills. What are they and why should prospective owners avoid them? What role should the government have in regulating them?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the similarities and differences between primates and humans in terms of evolutionary behavior and social interaction.

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