Q 01/05

How does Ethan's mother free the overheating pup from a parked truck before he is named Bailey?

A) She breaks a window

B) She picks the door lock

C) She calls the police

D) She finds the keys

Answer · why

A) She breaks a window

She breaks a window to reach the pup, who had been shut in the cab for hours while the driver sat in a bar. She then takes him home to her young son, ...

Q 02/05

In the publisher's description of Bailey's Story, which chore does Bailey do only when Mom isn't watching?

A) Fetching the newspaper

B) Licking dishes clean

C) Digging up weeds

D) Guarding the mailbox

Answer · why

B) Licking dishes clean

Licking dishes clean is how Bailey thinks he tidies up after his boy. He counts it as part of his purpose, alongside playing with Ethan and exploring ...

Q 03/05

Bailey becomes a hero late in Bailey's Story by saving Ethan's family from which emergency?

A) A flash flood

B) A house fire

C) A tornado

D) A car crash

Answer · why

B) A house fire

A house fire, started by an angry neighbor boy after an argument with Ethan, is the danger Bailey saves the family from. Ethan's life is dramatically ...

Q 04/05

What breed of dog is Bailey, the pet who grows up beside a boy named Ethan in Bailey's Story?

A) German Shepherd

B) Bernese Mountain Dog

C) Golden Retriever

D) Border Collie

Answer · why

C) Golden Retriever

Golden Retriever Bailey describes his world mostly through scents, sounds and tastes, a choice the author made so the dog's voice would feel real.

Q 05/05

Which comic actor voices Bailey's thoughts in the 2017 film A Dog's Purpose, playing the dog in every one of his lives?

A) Owen Wilson

B) Jack Black

C) Seth Rogen

D) Josh Gad

Answer · why

D) Josh Gad

Josh Gad, already famous as the voice of Olaf in Frozen, speaks for the dog in all of his bodies, so one voice ties the film's separate lives together...