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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Jacob come to live at the assisted-living center?
(a) His family felt he could not live alone anymore and none of them could take him in.
(b) Jacob lost his house in a foreclosure and had no where else to go.
(c) Jacob did not want to live with any of his children.
(d) Jacob did not want to live alone anymore.

2. Where does young Jacob take Marlena the morning after their fights with August?
(a) To the police.
(b) To a motel.
(c) To Uncle Al.
(d) To her mother's house.

3. Who is kind to Jacob despite his foul mood at dinner?
(a) A female resident.
(b) The guest from dinner.
(c) The nurse.
(d) His wife.

4. Who is to be Jacob's roommate in his new sleeping quarters?
(a) Carl
(b) Earl
(c) Kinko
(d) Camel

5. What is August suspicious of?
(a) Job cuts by Uncle Al.
(b) Stealing by one of his employees.
(c) That Rosie is not intelligent enough to learn a performance.
(d) Jacob and Marlena.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does August invite Jacob to go that night?

2. What does the new resident say that upsets Jacob?

3. Which relatives does Jacob normally know?

4. Who breaks up the fight?

5. Where does Jacob sleep his first night in his new sleeping quarters?

(see the answer key)

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