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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Jenny at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) She went into a severe depression.
(b) She broke her ankle.
(c) She went into premature labor.
(d) She gave birth to their second baby.

2. Not long after moving north, John noticed a change in Marley. What was it?
(a) Marley was having trouble chewing.
(b) Marley had hardly any energy.
(c) Marley was having trouble seeing.
(d) Marley was losing his hearing.

3. What did John decide to do that took him to a place called Emmaus?
(a) Become the head writer for J.I. Rodale's magazine.
(b) Buy J.I. Rodale's magazine.
(c) Apply for an editing job with J.I. Rodale's magazine.
(d) Edit the website for J.I. Rodale's magazine.

4. What happened when the Grogans get settled on the plane?
(a) Their frogs got loose.
(b) Their pet crickets got loose.
(c) The baby got sick.
(d) The flight attendant told them Marley was tearing up his crate.

5. Why didn't Marley fit into the Boca Raton scene?
(a) The city had a bylaw about large dogs.
(b) Labs were not "cool" dogs in Boca Raton.
(c) There was no room for him to exercise.
(d) It was populated by tiny pampered dogs and pampered people.

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

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

8. What had happened in that town on September 11, 2001?
(a) Terrorists took over the government buildings.
(b) A jet crashed into an army post.
(c) A jet crashed in a field there.
(d) The FBI caught a celll of international terrorists.

9. In chapter 19, what did John say was becoming a serious hobby?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Writing.
(c) Music.
(d) Woodworking.

10. What caused Marley to be forever banned from Dog Beach?
(a) He chased a toddler.
(b) He swam out of his depth and had to be rescued.
(c) He urinated, vomited, and defecated where he wasn't supposed to.
(d) He bit a man.

11. John had a quiet fortieth birthday but what happened a few days later?
(a) Jenny organized a surprise party for him.
(b) Jenny told him she was pregnant.
(c) He went out for dinner with a lot of friends.
(d) He got a job promotion.

12. In Chapter 27, Marley went to stay at the vet's for the Christmas week. Where did the family go?
(a) Disney World.
(b) New York City.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Disneyland.

13. Marley got the movie audition because a film crew had just been to film the Grogan family as a typical Florida family. What was the purpose of this film?
(a) It was going to be used to promote attracting residents to the state.
(b) It was an assignment for university film students.
(c) It was part of an anthropology course.
(d) They wanted to use that information for a movie they were going to do.

14. The Grogans had paid less for their farm animals than normal. Why?
(a) The animals were not able to breed.
(b) John did some free work for the farmer.
(c) The animals hadn't had their gender identified.
(d) The animals were in poor health.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did most of the Grogans' friends think about John and Jenny's expecting their third child?

2. What did John tell himself was the reason for Marley's behavior at Dog Beach?

3. What did John and Marley use to take a wild ride down their snow covered hill?

4. What did John create for Marley out by the spruce tree on the edge of their property?

5. What did Jenny want Marley to experience when they moved north?

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