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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. What does this guest claim to have done as a young person?
(a) Worked with Fred Astaire.
(b) Meet Valentino.
(c) Cared for the performers in a circus.
(d) Carried water for elephants in the circus.

2. How does Jacob react to the nurse's response to his complaint?
(a) Jacob knocks his plate onto the floor.
(b) Jacob picks a fight with the new resident.
(c) Jacob argues with the nurse.
(d) Jacob insists on going to his room.

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

4. What person in Jacob's life has recently died?
(a) His child.
(b) His wife.
(c) His doctor.
(d) His long time friend.

5. Why does Jacob help the barker?
(a) It gets him a better job.
(b) It ingratiates him with the workers.
(c) It ingratiates him with the circus owner.
(d) Its the right thing to do.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is class interrupted?

2. Who is coming to visit Jacob that day?

3. Who is Jacob, the character introduced in the prologue?

4. What does Jacob see outside the window?

5. What is the menagerie tent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Jacob living in his old age?

2. Why does August not have time to secure food for the animals?

3. With whom does Jacob have dinner the following night?

4. What is the significance of Stars and Stripes Forever in the circus?

5. What news does Jacob receive in the days before his final exams?

6. What job does Jacob take on the first morning when the train stops?

7. What does Uncle Al think of Jacob when he interviews him?

8. Why is Marlena angry with August the following day?

9. Why does Jacob not wish to sit at his regular table at mealtime?

10. Who does Jacob meet the next morning on the circus train?

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