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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 was the phrase John used to describe the West Palm Beach neighborhood the Grogans lived in?
2. What did John call his first dog?
3. When John and Jenny went to look at Lori's litter, they met Lily, the mother of the puppies. Which three words best describe Lily?
4. Why did friends of the couple tell the Grogans their house was already baby-proofed?
5. How did John discover that hospital pain relief is a "luxury"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the reason the Grogans thought about getting a dog not long after they were married?
2. Why did John decide to surprise Jenny with a three-week stay in Ireland?
3. What were a couple of issues the Grogans had to handle with Marley when he was a puppy?
4. What did the Grogans decide to do with Marley at the age of six months and what was the result of this?
5. What is the next life step that the Grogans take in Chapter 13? What was the outcome?
6. The day after John began his own program to train Marley, what did he come home to find?
7. How was the Grogans' trip to Ireland?
8. How did the Grogans introduce the baby to Marley and how did he adjust to the new arrival?
9. What did the Grogans see as they left Lori's and what did they realize?
10. What did Jenny and John decide to do and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is "creative license"? When is it commonly used? When should it not be used? In what instances, giving examples, it is permissible to use in creative nonfiction? Cite three examples from Marley & Me where you believe creative license was used.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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