Nights at the Circus | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Book 1, Chapter 1

1. What is the title of Walser's article?

Great Humbugs of the World

2. What kind of act does Fevvers have?

A trapeze act

3. How does Fevvers claim she was born?

She was hatched out of an egg

4. What kind of drink does Fevvers offer Walser?

Champagne

5. What question is written on the poster?

Is she fact or is she fiction?

6. Where does Fevver say she was found?

In a basket

7. What was Fevver lying on top of in the basket?

Broken egg shells

8. What was the name of the person who found Fevvers?

Lizzie

9. What does Walser compare Fevvers' room to?

A kitchenmaid's attic

10. What song does Fevvers' act open with?

Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage

11. What does Walser say is a sign that Fevvers' grew in a womb?

Her belly button