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

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

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

4. After leaving his ceiling and his office, Hank finds his son-in-law, Russell. Where is Russell?
(a) Waiting in his car in the parking lot.
(b) Hitchhiking on the side of a campus road.
(c) In the dean's office.
(d) In the lobby of the English department.

5. 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) Teaching is more important than socializing.
(c) Both are necessary to visiting professors.
(d) They were both boring for his father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hank find out about Meg Quigley that surprises him?

3. After Hank gets Russell out of Russell's lover's house, where does Hank take him?

4. What did Hank's father realize as he listened to his lecture being delivered by someone else?

5. In the Epilogue, what nickname has Paul given Hank?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. Hank goes back to his office after seeing his mother on the street. What happens to him there and what does he immediately do?

4. Where do the professors gather for a party for Tony? Why are they having a party for him?

5. Why was Hank's father offered such a desirable position?

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

7. After going to his own office and speaking to his secretary, Hank heads to the Dean's (Jacob Rose) office. What does Hank do there and what kind of response does he get?

8. What are Hank's Prologues to Book One and Two about, and where are they published? What is his mother's reaction to his writing?

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

10. What does Hank notice as he leaves his mother in front of the Victorian house?

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