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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a passing father occasionally stop and point out to his children?
(a) What the phenomenon means.
(b) What happens if they don't eat.
(c) Why he is in a cage.
(d) Who the poor man is.

2. According to the narrator, it is not only the artist that is taken on but what as well?
(a) His martyrdom.
(b) His impresario.
(c) His famous name.
(d) His strength.

3. "At first he could hardly wait for the _____; it was exhilarating to watch the crowds come streaming his way."
(a) Rush hour.
(b) Stampede.
(c) Intervals.
(d) Storm.

4. How does the impresario punish the artist's rages?
(a) Scream at the artist.
(b) Beat the artist.
(c) Apologize publically.
(d) Feed the artist.

5. What surrounds the artist's cage at the circus?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Bright placards.
(c) Trees.
(d) Dolls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, in his zeal, does the hunger artist conveniently forget in talking to the circus professionals?

2. What is one reason the hunger artist cannot adopt another profession?

3. Where are the passersby going when passing the artist's cage at the circus?

4. Where does the impresario hurry the artist to discover where interest might lay?

5. When the great rush is past, who comes along the cage at the circus?

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