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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jenny tell John to do about Marley after he ripped up the couch cushion?
(a) To put a muzzle on him.
(b) To take him to a dog psychiatrist.
(c) To build an enclosed run for him in the yard.
(d) To get rid of him.

2. What happens at the end of Chapter 19 that makes John rethink Marley's reactions to thunderstorms?
(a) A hurricane blew through.
(b) A pole at the back of the house was struck by lightning.
(c) Marley was permanently deafened by thunder.
(d) A tornado blew through.

3. What did John do two months after first going to Emmaus?
(a) He joined a rock group in New Hampshire.
(b) He began a new career as a motivational speaker in Ohio.
(c) He moved his family there.
(d) Quit his job and took up organic gardening in Vermont.

4. What did the Grogans really want for their third child?
(a) That it be female.
(b) That it be born soon after the second child.
(c) That it be born five years or more after the second child.
(d) That it be male.

5. Marley changed after moving north, but what did he never lose interest in?
(a) Riding in the car.
(b) Food.
(c) Chasing cats.
(d) Watching television.

6. What is one difference between the English Lab and the American Lab?
(a) The English Lab is smaller.
(b) American Labs are not considered a real breed.
(c) English Labs are never black.
(d) The American Lab is smaller.

7. How did John find out about Dog Beach?
(a) It was advertised in the newspaper.
(b) It was featured on a TV show.
(c) His neighbor told him about it.
(d) He heard about it while trying to find ideas for articles.

8. What happened on their way home from the Grogans' Christmas vacation?
(a) The stopped at a Lab breeder to check out the puppies.
(b) They got a call saying Marley was not well.
(c) They got lost.
(d) They crashed the van.

9. How did Marley die?
(a) He collapsed in the vet's waiting room.
(b) He died naturally at home, in John's arms.
(c) The vet put him to sleep.
(d) He died in the car on the way to the vet's.

10. What did the vet tell John about Marley's condition?
(a) Marley had only minutes to live.
(b) A couple of stitches would solve the problem.
(c) If it happened again he would need serious surgery.
(d) It was very common in Labs.

11. How much would Marley get paid for the movie he was in?
(a) $1000.
(b) $10 an hour.
(c) Nothing.
(d) $1500.

12. A week after the September 11 anniversary, what happened to Marley?
(a) He was hit by a car.
(b) He fell down the stairs and couldn't move.
(c) He had another serious digestive attack.
(d) He broke his hip.

13. What did John realize as he sat at the site of the 9/11 second anniversary?
(a) That everyone lives on borrowed time, including Marley.
(b) That he would have to quit writing.
(c) That he would get another dog before Marley died.
(d) That he would keep Marley alive at all costs.

14. What did the second baby suffer from for four months?
(a) Projectile vomiting.
(b) An allergy to his mother's milk.
(c) Lack of sleep.
(d) Colic.

15. Because of Marley's misbehavior around the time of their second son's birth, what did John decide to do?
(a) Give Marley obedience training himself.
(b) Get someone to adopt Marley.
(c) Have someone take care of the dog for a couple of months.
(d) Get a puppy so it would distract Marley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Grogans take Marley to his last visit to the vet?

2. What happened when the Grogans get settled on the plane?

3. Why were the news media at the hospital when their second baby was born?

4. Why were the Grogan kids disappointed with their first Christmas in their new northern home?

5. What did the vet suggest they do with Marley's body?

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