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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hank realizes his son-in-law is having an affair. With whom?
(a) Rachel Williams.
(b) Bodie Pie.
(c) Meg Quigley.
(d) Russell's sister-in-law.

2. Where is Hank, when he wakes up to find his wife beside him and his father-in-law close by?
(a) In the hospital.
(b) At Tony's place.
(c) In jail.
(d) At his daughter's house.

3. Hank mentions in his article that his father had written about a television program for his book on pop culture. What television program did he write about?
(a) Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood.
(b) Sesame Street.
(c) The Brady Bunch.
(d) The Price is Right.

4. What did his father notice about his lecture as he went out into the university hallway?
(a) He could remember the beginning and end but not the middle.
(b) That he remembered it, but it made no sense.
(c) It didn't help at all.
(d) He could remember it all.

5. What did his father write on to help him remember his lecture?
(a) A poster he ripped down from a bulletin board.
(b) A paper towel from the men's room.
(c) His hand.
(d) Toilet paper from the men's room.

6. What does Hank hear someone say at the meeting he is suspended above?
(a) "What's that smell?"
(b) "I think Hank should be fired."
(c) "I am pretty sure Hank killed the bird."
(d) "This campus is full of crazies".

7. How does Hank compare the faculty cocktail party and the university classroom?
(a) That it is much more important to be able to speak at the cocktail party.
(b) They were both boring for his father.
(c) Both are necessary to visiting professors.
(d) Teaching is more important than socializing.

8. What can Hank tell from from the lights in his hiding place in the ceiling?
(a) That the Humanities department is meeting three rooms down.
(b) Where the English department is meeting.
(c) That the dean is meeting with the press in his office.
(d) That there is a meeting about staff vacation time next door.

9. What is Hank doing when he wets his pants?
(a) Using the photocopier.
(b) Having a nap.
(c) Talking on the phone to Meg Quigley.
(d) Marking assignments.

10. Hank describes his father as leaving the family. What is one reason he left the family?
(a) He wanted more children and his wife did not.
(b) He felt he could do better work if he was alone.
(c) He was having an affair with a graduate student.
(d) His wife was tired of him.

11. Who calls Hank right after the head of campus security calls?
(a) Eddie Lacombe.
(b) Teddy Barnes.
(c) Dickie Pope.
(d) Vic Robinson.

12. Why does Hank have the reaction that he does to the dean's suggestion?
(a) Because he is very ill.
(b) Because he wants to study for a Ph. D.
(c) Because he thinks the dean is insane.
(d) Because he hasn't heard a word the dean has said.

13. Hank is covered in urine and knows he can't be seen in public. What makes him hide in his office ceiling?
(a) He knows he can get to the building exit without being seen.
(b) He hears voices outside in the hall.
(c) His secretary announces the dean has arrived.
(d) He wants to listen to the meeting next door.

14. What did Hank's father realize as he listened to his lecture being delivered by someone else?
(a) That he wished he could run away.
(b) The difference between delivering information and teaching.
(c) That his notes the person was reading for him made no sense.
(d) That he indeed had a brilliant mind.

15. Hank and Tony head off to their homes in separate cars. What does Hank end up thinking about?
(a) The state of his marriage.
(b) That he needs to buy a new car.
(c) His parents.
(d) His near suicide attempt when he was a teenager.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose house does Hank go to the morning after his night in jail?

2. How many books does Hank say his father had published by the time he left his family?

3. What possessions of Hank's father does Mr. Purty also bring back with him?

4. What does Hank's mother make obvious to Hank after he almost runs her over?

5. What method did Hank's father find worked for him, and he could finally resume lecturing?

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