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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. 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 his daughter's house.
(c) In jail.
(d) At Tony's place.

2. What author was Hank's father teaching to his class when he finally figured out how to overcome his lecture affliction?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Jane Austen.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Thomas Hardy.

3. 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 has given up drinking.
(d) That she is secretly married to Campbell Wheemer.

4. How does Hank react to the dean's suggestion about a career move for Hank?
(a) With anger.
(b) With astonishment.
(c) With very little interest.
(d) With puzzlement.

5. What does Hank's doctor tell him about his urinary problem?
(a) That he needs surgery immediately.
(b) That it might be all in his head.
(c) That it is probably a kidney stone.
(d) That he probably has a bladder infection.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hank compare the faculty cocktail party and the university classroom?

2. When did Hank's father discover he couldn't lecture anymore?

3. At the end of Chapter 25, what does Hank find out about Jacob Rose and Gracie DuBois?

4. How does Russell explain what happened between him and Hank's daughter?

5. After talking to his excited secretary, who appears at Hank's office door demanding to know if he killed the murdered bird?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the status of Hank and Lily's daughters? What are they 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. What happens while Hank is up in the office building ceiling?

5. The morning after Hank and Tony end up in the same place, what does Hank find when he heads home? What does he do instead? What does he find out?

6. Where does Hank go after he visits Paul Bourke's place? What happens there that upsets Hank?

7. How does Hank sneak out of the building after his time in the ceiling? Who does he meet and what ensues?

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

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

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

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