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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Uncle Al announce to the circus crew and performers?
(a) They are moving on sooner than expected.
(b) They are going to be making cutbacks.
(c) They are adding a new act.
(d) They are going bankrupt.

2. Elderly Jacob suffers two disappointments in chapter 19. What is the first?
(a) His wife is unable to visit.
(b) His grandson decides he does not have time to visit.
(c) His son forgets it is his day to visit.
(d) His great-granddaughter does not want to go to the circus.

3. What does Jacob see outside the window?
(a) A circus setting up a block or two away.
(b) An advertisment for a new senility drug.
(c) A new resident arriving.
(d) A moving van at the house next door.

4. Who joins Jacob and his friends at dinner?
(a) A new doctor.
(b) A new resident, a retired actress from Hollywood.
(c) A new nurse.
(d) A new resident, a retired lawyer.

5. Who arranges for a doctor?
(a) Kinko.
(b) Marlena.
(c) August.
(d) Uncle Al.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does August have the men store with the camels and zebras?

2. What is the only thing Jacob is able to take from his parents' home?

3. What animal appears to be missing from the circus?

4. What has Uncle Al failed to buy for his new workers?

5. Who is to be Jacob's roommate in his new sleeping quarters?

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