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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. Where is Mr. Barris living in "The Ticking of the Clock"?

2. What color roses does Chandresh send for Tara's funeral?

3. How old will the twins have to be before they can wander the circus at night alone?

4. What time does Celia perform in "Wishes and Desires"?

5. How old is Celia when Hector's death is announced?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the circus get assembled in "Atmosphere"?

3. What does Bailey observe when he watches the contortionist in "Oneiromancy"?

4. How does Marco meet Isobel?

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

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

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

8. What does Prospero have Celia do for Alexander?

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

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

Bailey becomes the caretaker of the circus. Why is Bailey chosen to become the caretaker and why does he accept the position?

Essay Topic 2

The clockmaker who is instructed to create the circus clock is told to create a dream. In what ways is the clock both a real timepiece and a dream and how does the clock represent what the circus will become?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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