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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What specific things does he list?
(a) Lions, tigers, and bears.
(b) Cockroaches, beds, mirrors, toilet paper and ultimately a dog.
(c) His parents, his sister, and Peter.
(d) Pizza, pasta, and carrots.

2. How does Peter react?
(a) He pushes Jerry off the bench.
(b) He bursts into hysterics.
(c) He yells at Jerry.
(d) He begins to cry.

3. The dog always has a/an _____________.
(a) Erection
(b) Growl
(c) Infection
(d) Untamable energy

4. Why does Peter want to hear no more of the story?
(a) He does not understand what Jerry is saying.
(b) It is getting late.
(c) He wants to go to the zoo.
(d) He needs to get home.

5. What does Jerry list?
(a) His favorite things.
(b) Items and animals he needs to learn how to deal with.
(c) Animals that he likes.
(d) His favorite food.

6. If the answer to #112 doesn't work, what will Jerry do?
(a) He says he will find another way
(b) He says he will try harder
(c) He says he will just kill him
(d) He says he will move

7. What does Jerry share with Peter at the beginning of this section?
(a) A secret
(b) His lunch
(c) The Story of Jerry and the Dog
(d) Money

8. What does the landlady ask Jerry to do for the dog?
(a) Put it out of its misery
(b) Hold it
(c) Pray for it
(d) Take it to a vet

9. Who looks 'ridiculous'?
(a) Jerry
(b) The policeman
(c) The dog
(d) Peter

10. How is Jerry as he continues speaking to Peter?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Angry.
(c) Panicked.
(d) Content.

11. What does Jerry do in response to Peter's accusation that Jerry is mad?
(a) Gets help
(b) Gives Peter a knife
(c) Closes his eyes
(d) Throws the knife to the ground

12. What does Peter decide to do when the hamburger plot fails?
(a) To kill the dog
(b) To move
(c) To try another treat
(d) To give up

13. Jerry pulls out what as they fight over the bench?
(a) A hamburger
(b) A cookie
(c) A badge
(d) A knife

14. What does Peter threaten if Jerry doesn't leave?
(a) To call the police officer
(b) To hit him
(c) To sue him
(d) To kick him

15. What did the dog do when Jerry first moved in?
(a) Ate his shoe
(b) Licked him
(c) Ran away
(d) Growled at him

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is a richly comic person?

2. How did Jerry get away from the dog on the second day?

3. What does he do after walking home?

4. Why does Jerry wipe the knife handle with his handkerchief?

5. What should a person do, if he or she cannot communicate with other people?

(see the answer keys)

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