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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jacob dislike this guest?
(a) The guest is disrespectful to Jacob.
(b) He remembers this person from his own youth.
(c) He knows he is lying and he is jealous of the attention he is getting.
(d) He dislikes braggarts.

2. Why does a customer attack the sideshow barker?
(a) He is unhappy with the price of the shows.
(b) He is unhappy with what he sees in the show.
(c) He is unhappy with the noise the barker makes.
(d) He is unhappy with the barker's comments about his wife.

3. Where is Jacob taken after it is decided he will remain with the circus to examine a sick animal?
(a) To a car split between horses and a small room once used for goats.
(b) To a prison cell.
(c) To the clown car.
(d) To Uncle Al's private car.

4. What draws Jacob to the window?
(a) A tapping sound on the window.
(b) A group of residents gathered at the window.
(c) The sight of something large and red.
(d) A nurse calls him over.

5. Why is Jacob in the assisted-living center?
(a) He broke his hip and needs extra help while he recovers.
(b) He has no family to care for him.
(c) He wants to be near people his own age.
(d) He is old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jacob see outside the window?

2. What does the doctor prescribe for Jacob after his outburst at dinner?

3. What person in Jacob's life has recently died?

4. What is the menagerie tent?

5. What is Jacob's one pleasure at the assisted-living center?

(see the answer key)

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