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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was true about the majority of beaches in South Florida when the Grogans lived there?
(a) They were open to pets.
(b) They were private.
(c) They had banned dogs.
(d) They were polluted.

2. Why were the news media at the hospital when their second baby was born?
(a) The millionth baby born in Florida was born there that day.
(b) A celebrity's wife was having a baby, too.
(c) There had been a kidnapping.
(d) They were doing a feature on natural childbirth.

3. As Marley aged, what part of the house gave him real problems?
(a) The crowded kitchen.
(b) The stairs.
(c) The family room.
(d) The back door.

4. What was the main reason the Grogans decided it was time to leave West Palm Beach?
(a) The area was too violent.
(b) Marley was getting too big for the yard.
(c) Their house was too small.
(d) They were going to lose some land to road development.

5. Marley developed another health issue as he got older that stopped him from getting around. What did he develop?
(a) An infected paw that wouldn't heal.
(b) Curvature of the spine.
(c) Myopia.
(d) Arthritis.

6. What was a consideration for the Grogans in finding a new place to live?
(a) John wanted to be nearer his workplace.
(b) They wanted to live in an isolated spot.
(c) They wanted to be near a hospital.
(d) Jenny wanted a pool.

7. The family decided to move to Boca Raton. What does Boca Raton mean?
(a) Mouth of the Rattlesnake.
(b) Back of the Rat.
(c) Mouth of the Rat.
(d) Back of the Rattlesnake.

8. 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 broke his hip.
(d) He had another serious digestive attack.

9. What did the Grogans' neighbor warn them not to do with their farm animals?
(a) Name them.
(b) Let them near Marley.
(c) Sell them to local people.
(d) Let them roam loose.

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

11. Why did John feel a little embarrassed about moving to Boca Raton?
(a) His ex-wife lived there.
(b) He had a lot of unpaid parking tickets from there.
(c) The newspaper there had fired him a few years before.
(d) He had made fun of it in his newspaper articles.

12. In chapter 24, John told the reader how Marley had aged. How old was Marley at this point?
(a) Eight.
(b) Six.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twelve.

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

14. What book by Barbara Woodhouse did John borrow to help him modify Marley's behavior?
(a) Dogs Are for Keeps.
(b) No Bad Dogs.
(c) Train Your Dog Overnight.
(d) Dog Don'ts for Ditzes.

15. Why were the Grogan kids disappointed with their first Christmas in their new northern home?
(a) It was twenty below zero.
(b) They missed sunny Florida.
(c) There was no snow.
(d) They got very few presents.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much would Marley get paid for the movie he was in?

2. What did John realize as he sat at the site of the 9/11 second anniversary?

3. What happened on their way home from the Grogans' Christmas vacation?

4. John had a quiet fortieth birthday but what happened a few days later?

5. In Chapter 27, Marley went to stay at the vet's for the Christmas week. Where did the family go?

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