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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. Who do Lizzie and Fevver move in with?
(a) Orphans
(b) Lizzie's family
(c) Fevvers' family
(d) Squatters

2. What is Fevver's favorite flower?
(a) Daffodils
(b) Violets
(c) Roses
(d) Forget-me-nots

3. Which of the chimps speaks and writes on the board?
(a) Newton
(b) Einstein
(c) The professor
(d) The teacher

4. What does Walser think he has become?
(a) A jester
(b) A dog
(c) A comedian
(d) A clown

5. What question is written on the poster?
(a) Is she fact or is she fiction?
(b) Have you ever fallen in love with a bird?
(c) Is it a bird? Is it a woman? Or is it both?
(d) Can she fly?

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Russian city do they travel to?

2. What is the pie vendor's real job?

3. What is different about the gentlemen that Schreck relies on for help?

4. Why is Walser happy to see Fevvers?

5. What kind of hat does the female chimp bring for Walser?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fevvers escape from Rosencreutz?

2. Describe the chimp's act.

3. In what way has greed been an important theme in this novel so far?

4. What is clown alley?

5. What problems does Lizzie face at home?

6. What imagery does Carter use to describe the ice cream shop?

7. What is the real reason Walser has come to interview Fevvers?

8. In what way do you think it is significant that Walser is a clown?

9. What ploy does Kearney come up with in book 2, chapter 7 to promote his circus?

10. What is Walser's part in the clown's act?

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