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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What made John and Jenny decide it was time to get their first dog?
2. While they were on vacation, what did John and Jenny do about Marley?
3. As the Grogans welcomed their new baby what was happening to their neighborhood?
4. When John and Jenny left Lori's, they heard a commotion coming from the woods near her house. Who was making it?
5. After almost two years of marriage, where did the Grogans decide to go on vacation?
Short Essay Questions
1. John encouraged Jenny to keep her commitment to visit with her sister even though Marley was joining their household at the same time. What was his motive behind this?
2. Marley's terror of thunderstorms leads the Grogans to look for a good vet. What was the result of this?
3. What were the events that surrounded baby Patrick's birth?
4. What was Jenny's second pregnancy like in the early stages?
5. The Grogans are excited about their first pregnancy but their happiness is short lived. Why?
6. The day after the news of the first pregnancy's loss, what did John buy for Jenny and what was the result of this?
7. How did Marley take to housebreaking?
8. Even when Marley was still a fairly young dog, he was large and many people perceived him as being an attack dog. Why was John glad of this?
9. How did the Grogans come to name Marley?
10. Dr. Jay also recommended another action for Marley, to help with his behavior. What was it? What was John's reaction?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In memoir writing, the author's personal presence must exist to make it authentic. Give five examples where John Grogan's personal presence is apparent and for two of those examples, explain why you think he chose to make it so.
Essay Topic 2
Why did John Grogan include the e-mail and telephone tributes to Marley at the end of the book? Do you believe these added to the theme? As a reader, how did you respond to the tributes?
Essay Topic 3
Conflict is a common element of writing, in both fiction and nonfiction. Why is conflict so often used in narratives? How can it help move a story along? Give four examples where conflict in Marley & Me occurs and how it helps explain the relationship between Marley and John Grogan.
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