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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of vegetation is common to the area in which John Paul and Amanda settle, much to their delight?
(a) Apples.
(b) Sunflowers.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Mangos.

2. What concerns Amanda about John Paul's quiet anxiety as they restore their new home?
(a) She is afraid he regrets being married to her.
(b) She is afraid he is still in love with his first wife.
(c) She is afraid that he will grow bored with being a husband and a father.
(d) She is afraid he regrets turning down the opportunity to go to Tibet.

3. What solution does Amanda come up with in regards to their animal-less zoo?
(a) Insects.
(b) Domestic cats.
(c) Vegetation.
(d) Snakes.

4. When Amanda suffers a miscarriage, what is the weather, which is hinted to be the cause of her accident?
(a) Rain.
(b) Tornado.
(c) Ice.
(d) Snow.

5. When John Paul leaves a note for Amanda in the hospital, in what form does he express his sympathies?
(a) Limerick.
(b) Haiku.
(c) Prose.
(d) Iambic pentameter.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Marx express disdain in regard to Amanda?

2. Why do the rednecks at the bar disapprove of the circus?

3. After his discharge from the military, what vocation did Plucky explore?

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

5. Fill in the blank: the name "Marx" was chosen by Marx Marvelous because it triggered America's hatred of _______.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Marx interested in working with John Paul and Amanda?

2. What is significant about Plucky's job in logging?

3. What are some of the potential obstacles to Amanda and John Paul's relationship and how do they work around them?

4. Why is Marx on the run from the government?

5. What solution does Amanda come up with in regards to the animal portion of their zoo?

6. What compromises do the Zillers make about food in their roadside zoo?

7. How does Marx feel about John Paul and Amanda?

8. Describe the narrative form of "Another Roadside Attraction."

9. Why is John Paul distracted when he and Amanda begin to restore the shack and how does she feel about it?

10. How does Ziller end up joining the Indo-Tibetan Circus?

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