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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 large was the area where the elephants held?

2. Where did Bram store his belongings on board ship?

3. What was the name of Josef's doctor?

4. How much did Modoc weigh when she was five?

5. How long did it take Bram to recover from a deadly virus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What system was established after Mo found the survivors?

2. What could Bram see when he left the hospital and went to the street?

3. How did Bram and Gertie dress themselves and Modoc for Josef's funeral?

4. Where did Bram awake after he saw Atoul?

5. Describe the bull hook that Bram's father gave him when Bram was thirteen.

6. How did Bram and Gertie meet?

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

8. Describe Gertie's dance atop Modoc.

9. Who were the people in the circus sideshow, and why did they join together?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kalli Gooma told Bram that there were two areas in the village that represented life and death. Discuss how certain places in the village represented life and death. Did either of these places represent both life and death?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the people in the sideshow and how their handicaps affected their lives.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Josef, the role that the circus played in his life, and how his life was connected to the circus.

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