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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Grogans' Florida vet suggest they do to deal with Marley's fear of thunderstorms?
(a) Leave Florida.
(b) Lock him in a safe area.
(c) Give him sedatives.
(d) Take him out in one to get him used to them.

2. What was the dance name the Grogans gave to Marley that reflected his wiggling movements?
(a) The waltz.
(b) The rumba.
(c) The shimmy.
(d) The mambo.

3. Why was John and Jenny's house in West Palm Beach the perfect place to have a dog?
(a) They were miles from anyone.
(b) They had a fenced one-quarter acre yard.
(c) All their neighbors had dogs.
(d) The house already had an attached kennel.

4. How was John feeling as they awaited the results of the pregnancy test?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Happy.
(d) Angry.

5. Years later, John learned the injured girl he had helped had become successful. What was her career?
(a) An actress.
(b) A television broadcaster.
(c) A restaurant owner.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he first got Marley, John was hoping to make some money off of the dog. How?

2. Marley grew very quickly so what did Jenny and John have to do a lot of?

3. A couple of days after Jenny came home from the doctor's appointment, John bought her some flowers. What did Marley do to them?

4. What fruit did Marley have an insatiable appetite for?

5. What happened in the house situated kitty-corner from the Grogans in West Palm Beach?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did John describe the first dog her ever had?

2. What did the Grogans try to do with Marley soon after Jenny's miscarriage?

3. What did the Grogans see as they left Lori's and what did they realize?

4. What was Jenny's second pregnancy like in the early stages?

5. What did Jenny and John decide to do and why?

6. The day after John began his own program to train Marley, what did he come home to find?

7. How did the Grogans chose Marley?

8. What were a couple of issues the Grogans had to handle with Marley when he was a puppy?

9. How did the Grogans introduce the baby to Marley and how did he adjust to the new arrival?

10. What was happening in the Grogans' neighborhood a year or so after the birth of Patrick?

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