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This is the main source of tension between Dan and his oldest daughter, Jane:
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She can't accept her mother is gone
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He won't let her drive
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He constantly embarrasses her
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She doesn't think he's a good father
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About to leave for vacation, Dan receives this bit of news about his column:
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He is being considered for syndication
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He may be sued over some of the advice he published
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His editor wants him to rename his column
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The paper in which he publishes might close
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Cara, Dan's middle daughter, is not at school as planned when he picks the girls up to leave for vacation. Instead, he finds her here, making out with a "friend" of hers:
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A record store
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A coffee shop
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Staples
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A hospital waiting room
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Dan drives this vehicle:
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A yellow VW van
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A brown sedan
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A blue pickup
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A red station wagon
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Arriving at the vacation house, Dan finds that he'll be sleeping in the "special room." What is special about it?
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Everyone believes that it's haunted
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It gets to be very, very cold
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It is where the laundry machine is located
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It has livestock running through it
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6.
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Dan meets Marie in this type of store:
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A record store
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An office supply store
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A grocery store
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A book store
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After the meeting in the book store, Dan and Marie share a coffee. From Dan, we learn that his wife:
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Died suddenly
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Divorced him after he cheated on her
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Divorced him after she cheated on him
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Divorced him, though they are still good friends
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8.
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Dan tells his siblings that he has met someone....
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and they all think it's too soon after losing his wife
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and opinion is sharply divided over whether or not he should call her
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but no one seems to care at all
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and they all encourage him to pursue her
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Dan's brother Mitch (Dane Cook) calls Marie:
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June
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Allison
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Annie
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Heather
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Mitch and Marie met:
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When he performed surgery on her cat
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In a bar
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In an exercise class
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On a blind date
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The family divides among gender to compete at:
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Sudoku
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Hangman puzzles
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Charades
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Crossword puzzles
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12.
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During dinner, Dan embarrasses Mitch by:
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Showing that Mitch isn't very smart
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Recalling Mitch's long history with various women
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Mentioning that Mitch had been in prison
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Wrestling him to the floor and pantsing him
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13.
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After the all-family morning exercise session, Mitch and Marie arouse Dan's jealousy by:
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Walking hand-in-hand along the bay
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Engaging in some rather intense stretching together
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Tickling each other
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Stripping off each other's clothes
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14.
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Which of the following is not true of the scene in which Marie and Dan are trapped in a bathroom together?
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Marie ends up naked in the shower with Dan
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One of Dan's daughters is also in the bathroom
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The doorknob falls off, trapping them inside the bathroom
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Dan escapes through a window onto the roof
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Dan's parents set Dan up on a blind date with Ruthie Draper. The family all know her (and memorialize her in song) as:
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Skunk-Hair
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Ape-Breath
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Pig-Face
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Snaggle-Tooth
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On the Dan-Ruthie / Mitch-Marie double-date:
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We learn that Mitch and Ruthie used to date
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Marie is clearly jealous of Ruthie
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Ruthie demonstrates that she is an awful dancer
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There is zero chemistry between Dan and Ruthie
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Cara's make-out friend takes a bus to meet her at the vacation home. What is the boy's name?
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Mike
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Marty
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Will
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Steve
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"Love is not a feeling. It's......"
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An ability
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An unsolvable problem
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The best and worst thing at the same time
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A greeting-card sentiment
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At the family talent show, Dan accompanies Mitch on the guitar as Mitch sings:
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Wind Beneath My Wings
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Let My Love Open the Door
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Sister Christian
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Nights in White Satin
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After the talent show, Marie makes this realization that complicates her relationship with Mitch:
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Mitch doesn't respect her
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She cannot fit in with such large, close-knit family
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Mitch has used lines from Dan's book on Marie
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She wants to have children, but Mitch clearly doesn't
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21.
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Prior to crashing his car, how many times was Dan pulled over by the police in the film?
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One
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Two
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Three
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Five
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22.
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After Marie apparently leaves the vacation house, she and Dan have a rendezvous at what type of establishment (before they are caught red-handed by the entire family):
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A bowling alley
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A library
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A coffee shop
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A movie theater
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23.
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For most of the time at the vacation house, Dan's youngest daughter tries to give him something. What is it?
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A scrapbook of his newspaper columns
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A collage
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A heart made out of seashells
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A CD of her singing
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24.
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Who convinces Dan to go after Marie at the end of the film?
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His mom and dad
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Mitch
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Ruthie
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His daughters
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25.
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As the end credits roll, we see scenes of Dan and Marie's wedding. Which of the following is true?
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The scenes took place in a church
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Cara's boyfriend Marty is in attendance
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Mitch is alone and moping
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The ceremony was quite somber
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