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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. In what city were forty of the entertainers in the Indo Tibetan Circus and Giant Panda Gypsy Blues Band arrested?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) San Diego.

2. How does Amanda, John Paul, and their neighbor find out about the attempted theft of the baboon at the zoo?
(a) The radio.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) The television
(d) The police.

3. When creating a sign that can be seen for miles, what shape does John Paul use in order to catch people's eyes?
(a) Hot dog.
(b) Mushroom.
(c) Hammer.
(d) Six-pointed star.

4. What is Nearly Normal Jimmy's explanation for why thunderstorms can affect human beings so strongly?
(a) The primal site of the rain falling.
(b) Thunderstorms have negatively charged particles.
(c) The loud claps of thunder.
(d) Thunderstorms provide a reminder that nature is stronger than human beings.

5. What is cited as evidence of genetic memory?
(a) The monarch butterflies return to the same trees.
(b) The birds flying south for the winter.
(c) The earthworms coming up to the surface after a rain.
(d) The drumbeats the compel dancing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Plucky able to sneak away from the monastery to write letters?

2. 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?

3. How does John Paul pay for Amanda's hospitalization?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Plucky infiltrate the Society of the Felicitator?

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

4. Why did Plucky become a drug dealer?

5. Describe John Paul's gifts to his wife in the hospital and meaning behind them.

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

7. Describe John Paul Ziller's childhood.

8. How does Marx Marvelous attract John Paul and Amanda's attention?

9. According to the jumps in the future with the narrator, what is significant about John Paul's disappearance?

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

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