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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. As Spencer worked with the fawn-child in Chapter 5, what was he fighting?

2. What years were covered in Chapter 7?

3. How were performers in carnival sideshows often treated?

4. How old was Rose, one of the performers in Spencer’s new show?

5. In Chapter 5, where was the skeleton of the conjoined twins fused together?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened in Budapest in 1901?

2. How was the writing in the Codex described?

3. What happened to Samuel?

4. What was the first creature that Spencer created for his show?

5. How was the Codex described?

6. What did Spencer decide to do for a living after he could no longer work at the academy?

7. Why was Spencer arrested in Marris County, New York?

8. How was the Minotaur different from the satyr?

9. In Chapter 5, how did Spencer describe Alphonse’s growth?

10. In Chapter 5, how did Spencer describe most sideshows at carnivals?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 2, it appeared that Spencer had a bright future. Where was Spencer studying in Chapter 2? How did he get a positive reputation? What changes in medicine were occurring at the time Spencer was in medical school? How did these changes allow him to do well?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 4, Spencer married Elise Chardelle. What type of life did Elise have during the first years of her marriage? Why did she and the family have to join a carnival? How did Elise’s opinion change about her husband?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 4, Ward C had its first tragedy. What went wrong? Who accepted responsibility? Why did Spencer believe he was responsible? How did the tragedy affect the program and Spencer?

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