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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. How does Hank try to get in touch with his son-in-law the morning after his night in jail?
(a) By email.
(b) By driving to Russell's house.
(c) By phoning Russell's father in Pittsburgh.
(d) By phoning the number Russell had given him.

2. After Hank climbs down from the ceiling, what does he do?
(a) Burns incriminating letters in his wastebasket.
(b) Goes out the back way and finds his car.
(c) Hides the papers on his desk.
(d) Calls his wife and starts crying.

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

4. Where does Hank call his doctor's office from?
(a) Gracie DuBois' office.
(b) The dean's office.
(c) His cell phone.
(d) A pay phone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the prologue, as Hank wrote it, in Book Two originally published as?

2. Why were William Henry Devereaux's colleagues at his new place of work confused about his inability to lecture?

3. When Hank returns to his office after talking to Mr. Purty and then Meg Quigley, why is his secretary upset but excited?

4. What author was Hank's father teaching to his class when he finally figured out how to overcome his lecture affliction?

5. What does Mr. Purty tell Hank about his father that worries Hank?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Tony and Hank leave the restaurant? Where do they both end up?

2. In the Epilogue, what does Hank tell the readers he is now doing?

3. When Hank gets to his office the morning the goose is found hanging in the tree,, what emotional state is his secretary in? Why is this?

4. 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?

5. On Monday morning, Hank gets a call from Lou Steinmetz. What is Lou's job and what does he ask Hank about? Who calls Hank right after Lou? What does he tell Hank?

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

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

8. After Hank teaches his class and finds out that his student Leo is actually responsible for killing the birds on campus, Hank goes to see the dean, Jacob Rose. What does Jacob tell him? How does Hank react? What happens after this?

9. After Hank leaves his doctor's office, what are the series of events that ensue that involve his mother?

10. Hank heads to campus after Lou and Teddy's calls, and on his way passes his daughter Julie's house. He starts to think about his wife's call. What did she tell him about her father? How does Hank feel about his father-in-law?

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