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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jacob take a train home?
(a) His parents can no longer afford his tuition.
(b) His parents were killed in a car crash.
(c) Jacob has been kicked out of school for disciplinary reasons.
(d) Jacob has been kicked out of school for poor grades.

2. Who is to be Jacob's roommate in his new sleeping quarters?
(a) Kinko
(b) Earl
(c) Camel
(d) Carl

3. Why is Jacob happy that he can remember the nurse's name is Rosemary?
(a) Jacob has never been able to remember names, so he is happy anytime he can.
(b) Jacob is just happy to see the same nurse more than once.
(c) Jacob likes the name Rosemary.
(d) Jacob believes remembering her name proves he is not losing his mind.

4. Where does Jacob go when he hears the music change?
(a) Jacob runs away from the big top
(b) Jacob rushes to the train
(c) Jacob rushes to the big top
(d) Jacob runs toward town

5. What is the menagerie tent?
(a) The tent where the animals are housed.
(b) The tent where the managers have their offices.
(c) The tent where the supplies are stored.
(d) The tent where the performers wait to go on.

6. What does Uncle Al announce to the circus crew and performers?
(a) They are moving on sooner than expected.
(b) They are going to be making cutbacks.
(c) They are going bankrupt.
(d) They are adding a new act.

7. Why does August become annoyed with Marlena over lunch in Chapter 9?
(a) Marlena feeds one of the displaced workers.
(b) Marlena refuses to make changes to her performances that August has recommended.
(c) Marlena ignores August's attempts at reconciliation.
(d) Marlena flirts openly with Jacob.

8. What song does Jacob hear being played as the stampede begins?
(a) Stars and Stripes Forever
(b) God Bless America
(c) America the Beautiful
(d) God Bless the Queen

9. Who joins Jacob and his friends at dinner?
(a) A new resident, a retired actress from Hollywood.
(b) A new resident, a retired lawyer.
(c) A new doctor.
(d) A new nurse.

10. What is Jacob doing just before the stampede begins?
(a) Eating
(b) Caring for animals
(c) Sleeping
(d) Reading

11. What problem does this announcement cause for August?
(a) August is going to lose half his staff.
(b) August does not have time to procure food for the animals.
(c) August is forced to give up some of his animals.
(d) August must train a new animal quickly.

12. Why does Jacob keep this act perpetrated against August secret for more than half a century?
(a) To protect the circus
(b) To protect Marlena
(c) To protect August
(d) To protect himself

13. Can Jacob heal the horse he examines?
(a) No, Jacob does not have the necessary equipment to heal the horse.
(b) Yes, but it will take a special surgery to do it.
(c) Yes, but the horse will need to be left behind when the circus moves on.
(d) No, Jacob knows the injury cannot be healed.

14. Why is Jacob in the assisted-living center?
(a) He broke his hip and needs extra help while he recovers.
(b) He has no family to care for him.
(c) He is old.
(d) He wants to be near people his own age.

15. Where does Jacob sleep his first night in his new sleeping quarters?
(a) On a hammock.
(b) Under a wet and mildewed blanket.
(c) In a sleeping bag borrowed from his roommate.
(d) In a soft bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uncle Al order be done with Jacob?

2. What holds the attention of many of the assisted-living center's residents in Chapter 5?

3. What is Jacob studying at school?

4. What does Jacob see for the first time during the cooch show?

5. What does Jacob retrieve from the camel and zebra cars?

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