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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, pages 188-218.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Amanda insist upon freeing the garter snakes and fleas when the narrator switches to the future time frame?
(a) She feels it is cruel to keep them imprisoned.
(b) She thinks they are depressed.
(c) She is afraid that they are growing too dangerous for private care.
(d) She fears their governmental custody.

2. Why do the rednecks at the bar disapprove of the circus?
(a) They do not approve of the circus as entertainment.
(b) They believe they are practicing Satanists.
(c) They believe they are dealing drugs to the populace.
(d) They find hippies to immoral.

3. Why does Amanda believe that Marx joined their zoo?
(a) Marx is obsessed with baboons.
(b) Marx is missing spiritual significance in his life and is hoping to find it with them.
(c) Marx is in love with her.
(d) Marx longs for simple working pleasures.

4. When the narrator switches story lines after discussing the logistics of Amanda's hospitalization, in what state is he and Amanda?
(a) Protective custody.
(b) Interrogation within a secret society.
(c) Exile.
(d) Jail.

5. Who restores Plucky's faith in Catholicism?
(a) Leigh-Cherie.
(b) Sister Hillary.
(c) Bonanza Jellybean.
(d) Sister Domino.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marx feel about Amanda?

2. What offer from Nearly Normal Jimmy did John Paul decline after the disbanding of the circus?

3. In what state are the Zillers traveling after they leave the circus?

4. What drug was once found on Plucky that helped lead to his dishonorable discharge from the military?

5. What is Amanda's job in the Indo Tibetan Circus and Giant Panda Gypsy Blues Band?

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