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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours a day did the teak elephants work?

2. How many punctures did Modoc have on her trunk from a bull hook?

3. How many steps did Bram climb to get to the palace doors?

4. How many survivors eventually banded together after the ship wreck?

5. Who was the maid of honor at Marigold's and Schulz's wedding?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Josef especially suited to train Modoc?

2. Where did the circus employees go when the circus closed for the winter?

3. Describe Gertie's dance atop Modoc.

4. How did Bram and Gertie meet?

5. Who was Atoul?

6. What reasons did Gobel give for selling the circus?

7. What did Bram remember about his meeting with Atoul?

8. How did Bram get on board "The Ghanjee"?

9. Why was the cemetery where Josef buried called the Grenchin Hill Cemetery?

10. What did the hospital look like where Bram awoke after the shipwreck?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Marigold, her life, and how her handicap affected her outlook on life.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Hinduism and what parts of Hinduism Bram embraced.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss life in Mayaua and how it changed when Bram and Mo came. Were these changes permanent?

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