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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 did Bram get to the elephantarium?

2. When the python went missing during the winter that many of the performers were staying in the barn, where was she found?

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

4. What color roses did Marigold wear on a tiara when she was married?

5. How tall was Josef?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who was Atoul?

6. Describe Gertie's dance atop Modoc.

7. How did Bram and Modoc feed each other when they were little?

8. What did the maharajah order to be made for Bram when he wanted to stay with Mo?

9. During the time "The Ghanjee" was caught during a storm and Bram tried to soothe the elephants, what advice did he remember his father saying?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss conflicts that Bram struggled with throughout the book and how they affected his life. Were these conflicts mostly internal or external?

Essay Topic 3

At one point Ja, Sian's father, told Bram that he could not marry Sian. Discuss the reasons why Ja did not want Bram to marry his daughter and what changed Ja's mind about a marriage.

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