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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the evening, after Teddy drives Hank home, what does Hank decide to do?
(a) Go for a drive in his wife's car.
(b) Go for a walk.
(c) Take his motorcycle out.
(d) Go for a run.

2. Just before meeting with Dickie Pope, Hank ends up in colleague Campbell Wheemer's office. What is Hank's nickname for Wheemer?
(a) Orshee.
(b) Beemer.
(c) Soup.
(d) Orit.

3. Why does he think his father might have had this affliction?
(a) It was retribution for his womanizing.
(b) He drank too much.
(c) It was retribution for not being a good father.
(d) He never took care of his health.

4. Bodie tells Hank that she is being informed by someone who should watch his back. Who is this individual?
(a) Paul Bourke.
(b) Teddy Barnes.
(c) Jacob Rose.
(d) Tony Coniglia.

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

6. In the Prologue, how old is Hank?
(a) Three years old.
(b) Twenty years old.
(c) Nine years old.
(d) Sixteen years old.

7. Why does Hank consider that he was a difficult child?
(a) He was hyperactive.
(b) He was a slow learner.
(c) He was always in trouble.
(d) He was needy and noisy.

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

9. What did Hank's mother want him to do in exchange for allowing him to have a dog?
(a) To stop slamming the door.
(b) To clean his room every Saturday morning.
(c) To take up a paper route.
(d) To agree to spend time with his grandparents.

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 toy.
(b) The dog collar.
(c) A dog brush.
(d) A dog bed.

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

12. What does Hank do with what he finds on a shelf in Pope's office?
(a) Slips it in his pocket.
(b) Throws it on Pope's desk.
(c) Leaves it there.
(d) Hides it behind a pile of papers.

13. After Hank meets with Dickie Pope, what colleague tells him that he will vote for having Hank recalled as chair of the department if Hank doesn't do as he wishes?
(a) Billy Quigley.
(b) Paul Rourke.
(c) Gerald DuBois.
(d) Roy Williams.

14. What is Rachel's position at the college?
(a) She is head secretary.
(b) She teaches German.
(c) She is Hank's department's secretary.
(d) She is the dean's assistant.

15. Hank has a dog named Occam. What kind of dog is Occam?
(a) An Irish Setter.
(b) A Golden Retriever.
(c) A white German Shepherd.
(d) A black Labrador Retriever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Herbert Schonberg want Hank to do?

2. Leo overhears Hank talking to the goose near the new center. Who is Leo?

3. What did Hank's father become famous for?

4. What breed was the dog that Hank's father brought home for him?

5. What does Campbell Wheemer ask Hank advice about?

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