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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 three behaviors do dogs consider highly rude?
(a) Distance, face-to-face contact, and direct eye contact.
(b) Closeness, face-to-face contact, and direct eye contact.
(c) Closeness, no face-to-face contact, and no direct eye contact.
(d) Distance, no face-to-face contact, and no direct eye contact.

2. According to McConnell, an owner's body should be trained like what?
(a) A psychologist's.
(b) An athlete's.
(c) A dog's.
(d) A mechanic's.

3. How conscious are humans of their pheromones?
(a) Conscious except during sex.
(b) Conscious.
(c) Not conscious.
(d) Not consious except during sex.

4. Why did a dog growl and snap at visitors who had recently eaten pizza?
(a) Because she remembered her owner kicking her when she ate pizza.
(b) Because she remembered her owner yelling at her after they ate pizza.
(c) Because she remembered a pizza delivery boy yelling at her when he delivered pizza.
(d) Because she remembered a pizza delivery boy kicking her.

5. Why would an owner use "pup pup pup"?
(a) To get the dog to come.
(b) To tell the dog to stay.
(c) To offer the dog a treat.
(d) To give the dog a task.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it confusing for a dog when a person uses similar phrasing?

2. What form of play does McConnell NOT recommend?

3. What are the corners of a dog's mouth called?

4. How many forms of play does McConnell recommend?

5. According to McConnell, how can an owner effectively housebreak a dog?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it counter-intuitive to yell a command to a barking dog?

2. Why do primates look away, and in what situations should an owner do the same?

3. What advice does McConnell offer in terms of how humans monitor their speech?

4. What is the command McConnell teaches that mimics pack behavior, and how is it executed?

5. Why does McConnell advise against play fighting or wrestling with a dog?

6. What is habituation and why does it present a challenge for trainers?

7. Why does McConnell suggest that paedomorphism accounts for human and dog bonding?

8. What is the one difference between humans and primates that also presents a challenge when it comes to dog training?

9. Why does McConnell recommend that a dog owner wear a hat around the house, and what is her larger point?

10. What are commissures, and why are they important?

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