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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, pages 48-83.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Plucky manage to end his college football career?
(a) He dealt marijuana to his teammates.
(b) He refused to play dirty.
(c) He ran off with the coach's wife.
(d) He injured his knee.

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

3. What comprises John Paul Ziller's normal attire?
(a) Cut off blue jeans.
(b) Bone armor.
(c) Loin cloth.
(d) Shaman's headdress.

4. What disappoint Amanda about the weather of her new home with John Paul?
(a) The wind is too strong for butterflies.
(b) It never snows in the winter.
(c) There are very few thunderstorms.
(d) The weather remains cold year-round.

5. What is significant about Amanda's pregnancy on the first night of her relationship with Ziller?
(a) Ziller ignores the pregnancy entirely.
(b) Ziller grows angry at her pregnancy.
(c) Ziller suggests that he is still the father.
(d) Ziller is initially concerned, but lets it pass.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the mysterious symbol on Amanda's body?

2. What possession that belongs to the magician is found in Miami at the beginning of this novel?

3. 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?

4. Where was Plucky forced to outrun a knife-wielding man?

5. What type of vegetation is common to the area in which John Paul and Amanda settle, much to their delight?

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