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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. Who came to help out after Jenny got home from the hospital?
(a) Aunt Margaret.
(b) Aunt Althea.
(c) Aunt Anita.
(d) Aunt Esther.

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

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

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

5. What challenge did the Grogans face after the arrival of their second child?
(a) Having a very jealous dog.
(b) Not having enough money.
(c) Not getting enough sleep.
(d) Not having enough room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the second baby suffer from for four months?

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

3. In chapter 24, John told the reader how Marley had aged. How old was Marley at this point?

4. What did the Grogans name their third child?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What were four reasons the Grogans decided to move to Boca Raton?

2. What was the result of John's interview with Organic Gardening magazine?

3. How did John respond to Jenny's feelings about Marley after the birth of Conor?

4. What was the family hoping for in regard to the weather in their new home in the north? What was the outcome of this?

5. Marley recovered from his illness. How did John know that Marley was back to his old self?

6. Jenny started feeling labor pains at twenty-one weeks into her third pregnancy. What was the result of this for Jenny and for John, Patrick, and Marley?

7. The summer after John started his new job in Philadelphia, Jenny took the kids to visit her sister in Boston. What did John have to do about Marley?

8. John was dedicated to an organic living style, so the family decided to invest in something. What was it and why? In regards to this, what did their neighbor warn them not to do, but they did anyway?

9. John decided to leave Organic Gardening after realizing that life is too short not to do what one wants to do. What did he decide to do instead and how did it change his lifestyle?

10. What were the sequence of events behind John's getting an interview at Organic Gardening magazine?

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