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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the results of the fast announced?
(a) By microphone.
(b) By radio.
(c) By television.
(d) By megaphone.

2. How long does the artist carry on in this way, with small intervals of recuperation?
(a) Many years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Six months.
(d) One year.

3. On fine days, where is the cage set?
(a) Outside.
(b) By the butterfly cages.
(c) On a roof.
(d) In the garden.

4. How are the animals of the circus at night?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Restless.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Quiet.

5. It is not easy for onlookers "to stand in the ____ of it" regarding the beast at the end of the story.
(a) Suddenness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Shock.
(d) Joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only item of furniture in the cage?

2. What does the impresario sell to the audience?

3. Who appears, blissful at having been selected for the honor, to help the artist down?

4. What is the rare stroke of luck the artist encounters at the circus?

5. What surrounds the artist's cage at the circus?

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