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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children are brought to the man in grey to interview in "Shades of Grey"?

2. What do the reveurs begin to wear when attending the circus?

3. What address is on the card that Mr. Barris gave Tara?

4. In "Truth or Dare," who is on the highest branch of an oak tree?

5. What occupation did Tara and Lainie pursue before they became dancers or actresses?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the boy the grey man chooses grow up?

2. What does Marco look like when he isn't manipulating his appearance?

3. Why did Mr. Barris leave London?

4. How does a man in a tuxedo perform in "The Hanged Man"?

5. What is opening night like when the circus opens in London in 1886?

6. What does Prospero have Celia do for Alexander?

7. What does Caroline dare her younger brother, Bailey, to do one day when they are climbing an oak tree?

8. What does the announcement in the paper say about Hector Bowen's death and funeral services?

9. How does Herr Thiessen learn where the circus will be in "Reveurs"?

10. How does the grey man get a child to train?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Prospero's inability to maintain a physical form is due to a failed experiment. What was Prospero attempting to do and why did his experiment fail so badly?

Essay Topic 2

Lainie has tea with three different people in "Three Cups of Tea with Lainie Burgess." Why does Lainie visit each person and what does she hope to learn from her visits?

Essay Topic 3

Tsukiko and Celia are hired as some of the first performers for the circus. What is unique about each woman that makes Chandresh want to hire her, and how does he expect each woman to enhance and add to the atmosphere of the circus?

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