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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, pages 167-187.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What dead animal do the Zillers have on display at their zoo?
(a) A baboon.
(b) A grizzly bear.
(c) A tsetse fly.
(d) A garter snake.

2. According to the narrator, what keeps Plucky from having a traditionally handsome face?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His grin.
(c) His hair color.
(d) The scar on his cheek.

3. Why are the men impressed with Plucky Purcell?
(a) Plucky is a heavy drinker.
(b) Plucky has a baboon as a companion.
(c) Plucky was a college football hero.
(d) Plucky is very rich.

4. How old is Plucky's secret lover when he is at the monastery?
(a) Forty years old.
(b) Fifteen years old.
(c) Eighteen years old.
(d) Twenty-five years old.

5. Calming Amanda's fears about his temperament, what reason does John Paul cite for his detachment as they restore their new home after the disbanding of the circus?
(a) He is afraid Mon Cul is homesick.
(b) He has not heard from Plucky in a long time.
(c) He is worried that Baby Thor does not care for him as a father.
(d) He had a bad dream about Amanda's unborn child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Amanda's speech impediment?

2. In what month did the Indo-Tibetan circus disband?

3. With whom does Mon Cul travel when the circus prepares to move?

4. On their way from their vegetation hunt, what depresses the Zillers and Marx?

5. For what piece of vegetation does Marx help the Zillers hunt?

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