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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, pages 167-187.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When John Paul leaves a note for Amanda in the hospital, in what form does he express his sympathies?
(a) Haiku.
(b) Prose.
(c) Limerick.
(d) Iambic pentameter.

2. What is the rooster's name?
(a) Big Paint.
(b) Cluck-Cluck.
(c) Del Rio.
(d) Roosterio.

3. What did Amanda once hide inside a hollow tree in order to trick woodpeckers into pecking the tree?
(a) A fake bird.
(b) A bird's nest.
(c) A stash of food.
(d) A ticking clock.

4. How does John Paul pay for Amanda's hospitalization?
(a) He sells his most renowned sculpture.
(b) He creates a new sculpture for the hospital.
(c) He sleeps with the head of the hospital.
(d) He barters their restaurant's mortgage.

5. What is John Paul's preferred method of transit?
(a) Train.
(b) Motorcycle.
(c) Car.
(d) Bicycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Plucky able to pose as Brother Dallas?

2. With whom does Mon Cul travel when the circus prepares to move?

3. What new character is referenced when the narrator switches time frames after discussing Amanda's time in the hospital?

4. What disappoint Amanda about the weather of her new home with John Paul?

5. What is celebrated at the banquet on Ziller's first night with the circus?

(see the answer key)

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