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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the subdivision that Hank and his wife live in?
(a) Alleghany Place.
(b) College Heights.
(c) Alleghany Estates.
(d) College View.

2. What is Hank's full name?
(a) William Henry Devereaux, Jr.
(b) William Hank Baines.
(c) Henry William Devereaux, Sr.
(d) Henry Williams.

3. What did Hank's father become famous for?
(a) Winning a $100 million dollar lottery.
(b) Killing a policeman.
(c) Exposing the Ashton Man as a fraud.
(d) Literary Theory.

4. What is Gracie's last name?
(a) DuBois.
(b) Daniels.
(c) Delancey.
(d) Angelou.

5. Generally, how does Hank's father deal with Hank?
(a) He avoids him.
(b) He treats him like his best friend.
(c) He is verbally abusive.
(d) He is very attentive and loving.

6. After returning to his office and hearing about his phone call, Hank decides he must deal with the issue. Who stops him on the way out?
(a) Bodie and her assistant.
(b) Gracie and Jacob Rose.
(c) Teddy and June Barnes.
(d) Bob and Jerri, from Human Resources.

7. What does Hank's wife do for a living?
(a) She is an adult education teacher.
(b) She is a high school teacher.
(c) She is a kindergarten teacher.
(d) She is an elementary school teacher.

8. After the news report with Hank airs at the bar, Hank goes to his racquetball partner's house with him and the reporter. What happens there?
(a) His daughter shows up.
(b) His friend passes out.
(c) The reporter falls asleep in the hot tub and Hank's friend takes photos of her.
(d) Hank's wife calls.

9. What can be said about Hank's childhood?
(a) He was sickly.
(b) He was one of five children.
(c) He moved frequently.
(d) He never knew his father.

10. What does Hank see, that he had bought when he was a boy, in his mother's basement when he is getting her suitcase for her?
(a) A dog bed.
(b) A dog brush.
(c) The dog collar.
(d) A dog toy.

11. After seeing the television crew on campus for a second time, Hank returns to his office. What does his secretary tell him about his daughter?
(a) She is waiting for him outside.
(b) That she called and has been crying.
(c) That she is in the hospital.
(d) That her husband has accepted a job in Denver.

12. What is the name of Hank's daughter's husband?
(a) Russell.
(b) Roger.
(c) Raymond.
(d) Randy.

13. When did Hank's father leave his family?
(a) When Hank was in college.
(b) Six months after he brought the dog home.
(c) Just after Hank got married.
(d) When Hank was in junior high.

14. How did Hank try to convince his parents to get a dog?
(a) He got a dog house so he could keep the dog outside.
(b) He threatened to run away.
(c) He took care of his neighbor's dog every weekend.
(d) He talked about dogs all the time.

15. Why does this new center on campus bother Hank?
(a) He believes that it has political implications for the college.
(b) He believes the money spent on it should have gone into department funding.
(c) He believes its carbon footprint will be huge.
(d) He believes it will attract the wrong sort of student.

Short Answer Questions

1. After talking to the goose, and then to Leo, Hank heads for the cafeteria. He meets Meg there. Who is Meg the daughter of?

2. How does Hank respond to Bodie's advice?

3. Before he visits with his mother, Hank visits with Mr. Purty. What does he give Hank?

4. In the evening, after Teddy drives Hank home, what does Hank decide to do?

5. In Chapter 3, where does Hank end up, after he has made the decision to go out?

(see the answer keys)

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