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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 John and Marley use to take a wild ride down their snow covered hill?
(a) An aluminum saucer.
(b) A sled.
(c) A toboggan.
(d) A large piece of cardboard.

2. Why did the Grogans take Marley to his last visit to the vet?
(a) His intestinal condition had returned again.
(b) He was coughing up blood.
(c) They couldn't detect a heartbeat.
(d) He was gasping for air.

3. When they decided to move, what did John and Jenny realize they would not miss about Florida?
(a) The heat and humidity.
(b) The school system.
(c) Their friends.
(d) Their jobs.

4. What habit had Marley developed as he got older?
(a) Pulling the fur on his belly out.
(b) Going to the bathroom inside the house.
(c) Being fussy about where he went to the bathroom.
(d) Licking his feet over and over.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Jenny went off to Boston during summer vacation with the kids and what did John decide to do with Marley?

3. What challenge did the Grogans face after the arrival of their second child?

4. What had John hoped to find that day on September 11, 2003?

5. When Jenny returned after her twelve day stay in the hospital, what were the doctor's orders?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What did Patrick and Conor expect to see in their new home state and why?

3. How did Marley manage to get a part in a movie? How did John feel about that?

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

5. 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?

6. What happened when Jenny was allowed to get up after being in bed for twelve weeks during her pregnancy with Conor?

7. What is the end result of the movie, The Last Home Run?

8. What was Dog Beach and how did John find out about it?

9. What was life like for the Grogans after Conor's birth?

10. What happened not long after John's fortieth birthday that convinced him Marley's fear of thunderstorms was justified?

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