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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impression makes Uncle Al think Jacob is not serious about a job with the circus? Who does Uncle Al think Jacob is?
(a) A kid who has run away from a boring future.
(b) A kid with no where else to go.
(c) A kid who has run away from his parents.
(d) A kid on the run from the police.

2. What holds Jacob's attention in class in Chapter 2?
(a) The teacher's lecture.
(b) The teacher's assignment.
(c) A fellow student's magazine.
(d) A beautiful young woman.

3. What impresses Jacob about a woman he sees in the menagerie tent in Chapter 3?
(a) She is extremely fat
(b) She is extremely disfigured.
(c) She is extremely beautiful
(d) She is extremely hairy

4. What person in Jacob's life has recently died?
(a) His child.
(b) His long time friend.
(c) His wife.
(d) His doctor.

5. How does Jacob react to the nurse's response to his complaint?
(a) Jacob insists on going to his room.
(b) Jacob picks a fight with the new resident.
(c) Jacob knocks his plate onto the floor.
(d) Jacob argues with the nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jacob studying at school?

2. Where does the nurse try to seat Jacob at dinner?

3. Who joins Jacob and his friends at dinner?

4. What did Jacob's father do for a living?

5. Who is Camel, the man Jacob meets on the train?

(see the answer key)

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