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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hank find out about Meg Quigley that surprises him?
(a) That she is not really Billy's daughter.
(b) That she knows his daughter.
(c) That she is secretly married to Campbell Wheemer.
(d) That she has given up drinking.

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

3. After he almost runs her down, what is his mother's reaction to what he has to say about Mr. Purty?
(a) She is astonished that he would say that.
(b) She doesn't care and isn't fazed a bit about it.
(c) She feels guilty and has a good cry.
(d) She gets angry with Hank and tells him to leave.

4. 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) That he indeed had a brilliant mind.
(c) The difference between delivering information and teaching.
(d) That his notes the person was reading for him made no sense.

5. What part of this student's anatomy did Hank's father coo to as his knees buckled and he had to be helped down from the lectern?
(a) Her chin.
(b) Her nose.
(c) Her knee.
(d) Her ear.

Short Answer Questions

1. After visiting with his father, Hank goes to teach his composition class. Who does he notice is not there?

2. How does Hank's wife respond to finding the photo of the woman in Tony's hot tub in his pocket?

3. After Hank leaves his doctor's office, he almost runs his mother down. Who is she with?

4. In the Epilogue, Hank is on leave. What is this called for a professor?

5. Early Monday morning, Hank gets a call from the head of campus security. What is his name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What deal did Hank's father accept after the "dog incident" that Hank related in his first article? According to his son, what made this a very attractive offer for William Henry Devereaux, Sr.?

2. What happens while Hank is up in the office building ceiling?

3. In Chapter 31, what does Tony tell Hank about Yolanda Ackles?

4. What is Lily doing now? What project had Jacob Rose submitted that Lily and Hank got a grant for?

5. When Hank finally goes to see his father in his new house in Railton, what is Hank's reaction? How does he react to what his father says about the writer Charles Dickens?

6. What is the result of Hank's visit to his doctor's office? What does the doctor, Phil Watson, tell him?

7. What has happened to Hank's father and mother, according to the Epilogue?

8. Russell goes along to the party for Tony, and tries to get Tony's computer to work, without success. While this is going on, a large group of the professors get stuck in the room, and cannot seem to be able to figure out how to get out. What is Hank's observation on this?

9. What happened to Devereaux Sr. not long after arriving at his new post?

10. What does Mr. Purty tell Hank about his father? What is Hank's reaction?

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